Category Archives: Local News

(EFFINGHAM, IL) - In recognition of February being National Canned Food Month, HSHS Home Care and Hospice Southern Illinois, along with Dan Hecht Chevrolet Toyota and Roy Schmidt Honda, are teaming up...

  Guest Column By Dr. Sheila Strock, Vice President, Dental Services and Science Officer, Delta Dental of Illinois February is Children's Dental Health Month   Children's Dental Health Month...

SLICKENING OF ROADWAYS EXPECTED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SOME SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... Bond IL-Calhoun IL-Callaway MO-Clinton IL-Fayette IL-Jersey IL-Lincoln MO-Madison IL-Marion ...

Two Investigations Launched Into SIU's Chancellor (Carbondale, IL) -- There are two investigations into Southern Illinois University's chancellor and his role in hiring decisions at the school. SIU Pr...

Indiana Flu Death Toll Hits 136 (Indianapolis, IN) -- Indiana's flu death toll continues to rise. The state's latest report to the CDC for the last week of January says 136 people have died so far thi...

Report: 46-Percent Of Illinois High School Grads Leave For College (Normal, IL) -- A new report says almost half the high school graduates in the state leave Illinois for college. "The Bloomington Pan...

U Of I Salaries Up Again In 2017 (Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois is, once again, paying its top people more. "The Champaign News Gazette" reported yesterday that the top ten highest paid un...

Republicans Blast Ives Campaign Ad As 'Shameful' (Chicago, IL) -- Some of the top Republicans in Illinois say a new campaign ad from the conservative candidate running for governor goes too far. The a...

Lake Land College's Adult Education is offering free food service sanitation classes at various locations for the first 12 applicants who register. Those who complete the course and pass the test, whi...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Anna Heistad. Minnie Vautrin. Thomas Jones. Three ordinary people who did extraordinary things in service of their fellow man, each of whom history has largely forgotten. These "unsu...