Category Archives: Local News

Locals In Springfield Not Happy With State Fair Parade Changes (Springfield, IL) -- Springfield's mayor is just one of the locals in Springfield who is not happy about the plan to change the Illinois ...

Reward For Missing U Of I Scholar Grows (Urbana, IL) -- The reward for a tip that helps to find a missing University of Illinois scholar is up to 50 thousand-dollars. Champaign County Crime Stoppers y...

SIU May Cut Seven Degrees Amid Budget Cuts (Carbondale, IL) -- It's a sign of both the state of Southern Illinois University and southern Illinois' economy. SIU trustees are looking to eliminate seven...

Illinois Emergency Management Agency Lands Terror Training Money (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois is getting just over a million dollars to help prepare for the worst. The Illinois Emergency Management A...

Books and Babies will resume at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Thursdays in the Craft Room. This program will be taking place at 10:30am through July 20th. Bouncing rhymes, songs, finger pl...

Lincolnland Binga will take place on Tuesday, September 19th at 4:30 pm at the Mattoon American Legion. Lincolnland Binga raises fund to help support Lincolnland Hospice and its Grant-a-Wish program, ...

Lake Land College Adult Education is offering free English language acquisition classes beginning in August. In Effingham, the class will meet at the Kluthe Center beginning August 21st. In Mattoon, c...

Come to downtown Neoga for the third annual Sooeyfest on September 23rd, starting at Noon! The Neoga Partnership for Progress is once again holding the annual celebration. There will be a free ham and...

The Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation will host its 10th Annual Illinois State Police Memorial Park Motorcycle and Fun Car Run on Saturday, July 15, 2017. The fundraising event is being held t...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) welcomes the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA) to the newly created Division of Historic Sites within the IDNR Office o...