Category Archives: Local News

Illinois Guard Sends 135 Troops To Kuwait (Peoria, IL) -- More than 100 Illinois National Guardsmen are heading to Kuwait as part of the largest single deployment from the state since 2014. The troops...

Walmart Offers Home Grocery Delivery, When You're Not Home (Undated) -- Walmart wants to fill your fridge and pantry, even when you aren't home. The world's biggest retailer is testing a delivery prog...

Target Raising Company Minimum Wage (Minneapolis, MN) -- Target is giving its workers a raise. The retail chain announced today it's raising its hourly minimum wage to 11-dollars an hour starting next...

Three Dead, 34 Wounded In Chicago Shootings (Chicago, IL) -- The weekend death toll stands at three after another violent weekend in Chicago. Police say three people died and 31 others were shot betwe...

Durbin, Duckworth Want Federal Cairo Task Force (Washington, DC) -- Illinois' two U.S. Senators want President Trump to create a federal task force to look at the problems in Cairo. Democrats Dick Dur...

Nekritz Won't Run For Illinois AG (Northbrook, IL) -- Scratch one name off the list of potential Democratic attorney general candidates. Soon-to-be retired state Rep Elaine Nekritz yesterday said she ...

Record Heat Should End By Midweek (Davenport, IA) -- Illinois' record September heat should end by midweek. The National Weather Service says more heat records may fall across the state today and tomo...

Governor Rauner Vetoes Cursive Mandate (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois school kids will be spared from lessons on cursive. Governor Bruce Rauner on Friday vetoed a proposed state law that would require ...

The Lake Land College Community Choir will begin its 20th season this fall with rehearsals starting on September 26th. All singers age 18 and older are welcome. No audition is required. Rehearsals are...

Oil and chipping in Mattoon will begin Monday (9/25) at 7:00 a.m. Weather permitting, the project should take approximately one week to complete. The City asks that you refrain from parking vehicles o...