Category Archives: Local News

Illinois House Overrides Governor, Passes Budget And Tax Hike (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois has a budget for the first time in more than two years. And a 32-percent income tax increase to go along wit...

Registration is underway for the Mattoon YMCA's late summer and fall soccer league. It's open to 4 to 14-year-old boys and girls. All games will be played on Saturdays, August 21st through October 21s...

The latest in mammography technology is now available at Sarah Bush Lincoln. Genius 3D Mammography is clinically proven to significantly increase the detection of breast cancers, while decreasing the ...

The Alex Russell Memorial Kids' Fishing Derby is this Saturday (7/8) at Lake Charleston. It's open 5 to 15-year-olds, with registration starting at 8:00 a.m. Kids will need to bring their own bait and...

(Chicago, IL) -- Now that the Illinois General Assembly has voted to override Governor Rauner's veto and put a budget in place, things will slowly return to normal, but Illinois is not out of the fina...

(New York, NY) -- The FDNY and NYPD are investigating after a train derailed tonight at Penn Station. NBC New York reports the first car of an NJ Transit train derailed just after 9 p.m. An estimated ...

(Undated) -- As many as three-thousand Microsoft workers -- mostly outside the U.S. -- are losing their jobs in a major company reorganization. The company today said the move is intended to help it f...

>>Lawmakers Override Governor, Pass Budget (Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois state budget impasse that has lasted for more than two years is over. On a 71-42 bipartisan vote, the Illinois House ...

Danville, Illinois - The Eastern Illinois Foodbank will host a Pop-Up Food Pantry serving eligible veterans and currently connected military service members on Tuesday, July 11 from 10:00am-11:30am at...

UPDATE >>Lockdown At IL State Capitol Over (Springfield, IL) -- A lockdown at the Illinois State Capitol is over following a HazMat situation. The Illinois Secretary of State's Office tweeted th...