Category Archives: Local News

Douglas-Hart Nature Center will have a scavenger hunt on St. Patrick's Day. Apparently, a leprechaun was spotted in the woods, and he's leaving treasures behind. Come by between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p....

MATTOON - A presentation on Religions of the World that begins at 2 p.m. Sunday (January 21, 2018) kicks off the 2018 Mattoon Public Library event series. University of Illinois graduate students Heat...

The Miss Moultrie-Douglas Pageant Committee's annual prom dress sale will be January 26th through 28th at store A-1100 at the Outlets of Tuscola. Get designer dress for a fraction of the cost of retai...

A benefit for John Moore will be held at Cerk's Place in Windsor March 10th from 1:00-11:00 p.m. John lost everything in a house fire and had no insurance. They'll have a meal, live and silent auction...

The Lincoln Heritage Chapter of Pheasants Forever will have another youth shoot this Saturday (1/20) from 8:00 to noon at the Charleston Sportsman's Club. NRA and 4-H certified instructors will be the...

Kennedy Blasts Ives Comment About Guns, Dads (Chicago, IL) -- The son of former U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy isn't buying a claim from a Republican candidate for governor that dads in the home ...

Governor Rauner Won't Push For Medicaid Work Requirement (Peoria, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says he supports the idea of asking some of the people on the state's healthcare rolls to work o...

FBI Docs: U Of I Kidnapper May Have Tried To Grab Another (Urbana, IL) -- Investigators say the man charged with kidnapping and killing a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois may have tried t...

Latest Illinois Flu Report Shows Dip In Cases (Springfield, IL) -- The latest Illinois flu report shows fewer people got sick in the first week of 2018. The report from the Illinois Department of Publ...

Judge Orders "Pain" Added To Illinois' Medical Marijuana Program (Chicago, IL) -- A judge is ordering that Illinois expand its medical marijuana program. Cook County Judge Raymond Mitchell last week o...