Category Archives: Local News

Colts Players And Police To Hold Community Meetings (Indianapolis, IN) -- The Indianapolis Colts are teaming up with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police to answer community questions. The "Coffee wit...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library's Astronomy Night will meet on Tuesday, October 24, at 7:00 p.m. in the Library parking lot if the sky is clear. Telescopes will be set up for participant's use ...

EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in Clay, Cumberland, Clark, Effingham...

Vegas Shooter's Girlfriend Says He Would Lie In Bed Moaning, Screaming (Los Angeles, CA) -- The girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock says she remembers him lying in bed, moaning and screamin...

According to a press release from the MPD, Mattoon police arrested, age 38 of Mattoon, on Wednesday Oct. 4th at 11:46 a.m. The arrest occurred in the 100 block of Dettro Drive. Schwerdt was charged wi...

Vegas Mass Shooting Probe Yielding No Answers (Las Vegas, NV) -- Local and federal investigators are still trying to figure out why a wealthy retired accountant murdered 58 people on the Las Vegas Str...

Charleston Carnegie Public Library's monthly Lego My Library will be on Wednesday, October 18, at 4:00-5:15pm in Rotary Room A for grades K-8. Kids under eight, please bring a grownup! If you love Leg...

PESOTUM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, announces the ISP will conduct Roadside Safety Checks (RSC) in Coles County during October. The use of RSCs combine a s...

33,000 Jobs Lost Last Month (Washington, DC) -- The September jobs report is out this morning and it's not what analysts were expecting. The U.S. economy lost 33-thousand jobs last month, according to...

AURORA (Oct. 5, 2017) - Gov. Bruce Rauner celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) today by visiting several Hispanic-owned small businesses in Aurora and presenting them with ce...