Category Archives: Local News

WomenConnected, the women's giving circle within the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation, recently awarded $52,000 in grants to programs and projects within the Health System, bringing the group's to...

Three In Custody After Two Officers Are Shot (Chicago, IL) -- Chicago police are continuing to question three people and are searching for others who may have been involved in the overnight shooting o...

North Texas College Closed Following Shooting (Irving, TX) -- The campus of a North Texas college is closed for the rest of the day after a deadly shooting. North Lake College tweeted the news this af...

Senator Durbin Undergoes Procedure (Chicago, IL) -- U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is doing well after undergoing a procedure to fix an abnormal heart rhythm. The procedure took place yesterday at Northwest...

Illinois Comptroller Wants To Slow Managed Care Move (Springfield, IL) -- The woman who pays Illinois' bills wants the state to slow down in its move to save money on Medicaid. Comptroller Susana Mend...

Rauner Tells Small Business Leaders To Stay Strong (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is telling small business owners to hang in there. The governor used a stop at a local Springfiel...

Pritzker Launches TV Ad In Governor's Race (Chicago, IL) -- The Democrat's billionaire candidate for governor is already running TV ads. JB Pritzker yesterday released his first television commercial ...

HUD Secretary Carson: Cairo Decision Not Easy (Washington, DC) -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says the decision to close two public housing complexes in Cairo is a difficult cho...

PESOTUM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, announces the ISP will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in Coles County during May. OREPs allow th...

More than 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate in commencement ceremonies at Eastern Illinois University on Saturday, May 6. Ceremonies will take place at 9 a.m., noon...