Category Archives: Local News

Effingham, IL - Illinois State Police District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, today announced activity and enforcement figures for the month of July. Troopers in District 12, which includes Clar...

UPDATED AT 3:30PM, from CUSD #1 Regarding the Wednesday, August 16 accident at 4th and Maple Streets involving an Illinois Central school bus (Bus #37), members of the Charleston Fire Department condu...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. It includes our entire Illinois listening area. .DAY...

The Shelby County Veterans Fund will be selling sandwiches at the fairgrounds on August 26th to support the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight. Stop by between 10-2 and get a pork tenderloin or rope sausage...

Sarah Bush Lincoln was named as one of the best hospitals for nurses to work in Illinois. Nurse.org, the web's leading career site for nurses, recognized Sarah Bush Lincoln in the top 10 of hospital t...

(Springfield, IL).... The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs (IDVA) named Trickster Art Gallery as recipient of the Illinois Veterans' Business and Appreciation Award for Fourth Quarter, Fiscal Y...

Celebrate the Great American Solar Eclipse at the EIU Campus Pond Monday (8/21) Between noon and 2:30, they'll have free Sun Chips and Moon Pies, along with pizza, hot dogs, popcorn, solar eclipse gla...

Coast Guard Responding To Reports Of Downed Helicopter (Oahu, HI) -- Coast Guard and Army personnel are responding to reports that a military helicopter crashed just off Kaena Point, Oahu in Hawaii. O...

Former Miss America Erika Harold To Run For Illinois AG (Springfield, IL) -- The race for Illinois attorney general could be interesting next year. Former Miss America Erika Harold yesterday said she'...

Illinois House Won't Vote On Governor's Vetoed Education Plan (Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois House will vote on an education funding plan, just not the plan that the governor vetoed. Lawmakers are ...