Category Archives: Local News

Amazon To Buy Whole Foods For $13 Billion (Undated) -- Tech giant Amazon is buying Whole Foods Market in a deal worth 13-point-seven billion dollars. The sale is expected to close later this year. Who...

Congratulations to Dalton Painter on being named Illinois FFA State Secretary. Painter is a 2016 graduate of Shiloh High School and attended Lake Land College last year. The son of Tom and Karen Paint...

One person was killed and four others hospitalized after a crash in Moultrie County. According to the Moultrie County Sheriff's Office, the vehicle lost control around 10:40 last night and overturned ...

Charleston Carnegie Public Library's monthly Lego Club will be on Wednesday, June 21, at 4:00-5:15pm in Rotary Room A for grades K-8. Kids under eight, please bring a grownup. Builders will have the o...

ERBA Head Start sign up day will be held in two locations next week. On Monday, the event will take place in Martinsville at the ERBA Outreach Office from 9am to 3pm. Then on Wednesdday, June 21st in ...

Tomorrow, Friday, June 16th, Grace United Methodist Church of Newton will host its annual Salad Luncheon from 11:00 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. The ladies will be making a variety of salads, along with rolls ...

Springfield, IL - State Sen. Dale Righter Rose (R-Mattoon) issued the following statement in response to Gov. Bruce Rauner calling for a Special Session: "This is the right thing to do. It's the job o...

Chicago - The Illinois State Police (ISP) has received a generous donation from AAA through its Auto Club Group Traffic Safety Foundation (ACGTSF). The ACGTSF donated a rollover simulator to be used a...

Springfield, IL - State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) issued the following statement in response to the budget compromise plan unveiled June 14 and Gov. Bruce Rauner calling for a Special Session: "Yes...

A Herrick man has been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries and thefts that occurred in late May and earlier this month. According to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, 20-year-old Etha...