Category Archives: Local News

UPDATED: Death Toll In California Fires Rises To 17 (Sonoma County, CA) -- The death toll in the Northern California wildfires is climbing to 17. At least eleven of those deaths have been in Sonoma Co...

EFFINGHAM, IL - An Illinois State Police trooper patrolling Interstate 70 east of Vandalia discovered 6 pounds (2,745 grams) of heroin during a traffic stop. The street value of the seized heroin was ...

The Mattoon Area Family YMCA is expanding... to Toledo. According to Executive Director Blake Fairchild, a generous gift left to the Village of Toledo by the late Burnham Neal will be used to create t...

27,000 Without Power In Napa (Napa, CA) -- Officials in Northern California's Napa County say two elderly people are dead and there is virtually zero-containment of the fires raging in the gem of Cali...

The Farina Fire Department will wrap up National Fire Prevention Week with an open house this Sunday (10/15). They'll have giveaways, refreshments, bounce house, and the kids will even get to use a re...

Effingham County FISH Human Services will have a cookout in the Sav-A-Lot (Effingham) parking lot this Saturday (10/14) from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. On the menu: Rib eye sandwiches, pork tenderloin, h...

CHICAGO (Oct. 9, 2017) - Gov. Rauner joined other dignitaries and elected officials in leading the 65th anniversary of the Columbus Day Parade, celebrating Christopher Columbus' voyage to America and ...

The Coles County Sheriff's Department is still taking orders for "Putting the Cuffs on Cancer" t-shirts and hoodies. Please order by this Friday, October 13th, at 217-348-0592. Proceeds benefit Sarah ...

The Lake Land College Board of Trustees approved a recommendation to keep Spring Semester 2018 tuition and fees the same as fall at the regular board meeting on Monday. "We are committed to making col...

New Numbers Show More Illinois Students Leave For College (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois is one of the nation's biggest exporters of three things: Corn, heavy tractors, and college students. Numbers re...