Category Archives: Local News

This Friday night, October 27th visit the American Legion in Mattoon for the Mattoon Fire Department's annual Halloween Costume Party to benefit Operation Sleighride. The Halloween fun gets started at...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Rauner has scored a rare victory over House Speaker Mike Madigan when the House failed to override a Rauner veto. The bill in question would bar local governments from passin...

CHICAGO - The Illinois FILM Office is pleased to welcome a new Comedy Central series to the growing list of productions that call Illinois home. South Side, a scripted workplace comedy set in the Engl...

UPDATED: Reaction Coming In On The Death Of Music Legend Fats Domino (New Orleans, LA) -- The music world is saying "Aint That a Shame," now that Fats Domino is dead at the age of 89. Domino was known...

(EFFINGHAM, IL) - Joseph M. Ajdinovich, MD, who specializes in orthopedic sports medicine surgery, has joined HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital's Medical Staff. Dr. Ajdinovich comes to St. Anthony'...

Republicans Flake And Corker Speak Out Against Trump (Washington, DC) -- Two retiring Republican Senators are challenging other GOP senators to take a stand against President Trump. Arizona Senator Je...

Lack of witness credibility led to the dismissal of child sexual assault charges against a Mattoon man. 29-year old Marshall Daily was charged with eight counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of...

Investigators: Texas Man Scammed Nude Photos From Peoria Teen (Peoria, IL) -- Investigators say a 17-year-old from Peoria is the latest victim of an online modeling scam that ended with nude pictures....

A Greenup man was sentenced to 10-years in prison for the armed robbery of the Greenup Dollar General. 68-year-old David Croy pleaded guilty but mentally ill to the incident that occurred in March. Cr...

Top Statehouse Republican Thinks This Is Year For Sunday Sales (Indianapolis, IN) -- An Indiana lawmakers says he thinks this is the year that the legislature may finally okay Sunday alcohol sales. De...