Category Archives: Local News

Springfield, IL - State Senator Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) issued the following statement in response to the Illinois Senate passing education funding reform legislation (SB 1947) Aug. 29. Righter voted...

Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center is hosting a continuing education seminar for all Lake Land College Nursing alumni as part of the college's Laker Homecoming celebration. The seminar, titled The Futur...

Governor Rauner statement on Senate vote "Today, members of the Illinois Senate voted in favor of legislation that will bring historic education reform to Illinois children and their families. First, ...

Springfield, IL - State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) issued the following statement in response to the Illinois Senate passing education funding reform legislation (SB 1947) Aug. 29. Rose voted in ...

Sarah Bush Lincoln's Center for Healthy Living (CFHL) and the Mattoon Area Family YMCA have formed an access agreement that allows YMCA members to use either facility for exercise. The Center for Heal...

The Family Worship Center's Natural Disaster Ministry is collecting supplies over the next few weeks in Mattoon to deliver to victims of Hurricane Harvey. Items can be dropped off on Sunday mornings b...

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, August 28, 2017 - The American Red Cross is working around the clock along the Gulf Coast to help the thousands of people whose lives have been devastated by Tropical Storm Harv...

The Salvation Army is on the front lines of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Your monetary donation will help their teams remain in communities impacted by the storm, supporting long-term recovery eff...

Trial Delayed For Suspect In Kidnapping Of U Of I Student (Urbana, IL) -- As expected, a former University of Illinois grad student won't be going to trial next month for the kidnapping of a Chinese s...

Major Injuries After Southern Illinois Plane Crash (Murphysboro, IL) -- The sheriff in Murphysboro, Illinois, says two people suffered major injuries when a small plane crashed in a local peach orchar...