Category Archives: Local News

Illinois House Looks To Override Governor Today (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois could see its first budget in almost three years by the end of the day. The Illinois House is due back in Springfield this...

Budget Doesn't Guarantee Illinois Against Junk Credit (Chicago, IL) -- Even with a 32-percent income tax increase, Illinois could soon have junk credit. Moody's Investors Service yesterday said the fi...

The Serve Illinois Commission is now accepting applications for the Governor's Hometown Awards program. The program gives formal recognition to those who contributed to their community's quality of li...

Moultrie-Douglas 4-H is holding a sewing workshop on July 8th from 9:00-11:30 a.m. at First Christian Church in Sullivan. The workshop is open to tailors of all ages. If you have a sewing machine and ...

Shelby County Partners will have a four-person scramble at Eagle Creek Golf Course on July 28th. Cost is $45 per person and that also covers lunch. Tee time is 9:00 a.m. Registration is due by July 15...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for... Extreme Western Coles County in east central Illinois... Southeastern Moultrie County in central Ill...

Three are transported to an area hospital after a personal injury crash along I-57, southbound, during the morning hours of Wednesday, July 5th. According to a recent press release from Illinois State...

Budget Override Vote Expected Tomorrow (Springfield, IL) -- The next budget showdown is coming tomorrow after the Illinois House adjourned today without taking a vote to override Governor Rauner's vet...

The next Coles County Habitat for Humanity house blessing will be this Sunday (7/9) at 612 Wabash in Mattoon. You're invited to join the Crowe family as they receive the key to their new home at 2:00 ...

(EFFINGHAM, IL) - Community members wanting to get healthier have an opportunity to become a "superhero" for the day and join in the 2016 Superhero Race on Saturday, September 10 at the Richard E. Wor...