Category Archives: Local News

Being a nurse practitioner is about more than medicine to Advance Practice Nurse Kim Peery, APN, PPCNP-BC. It's also about education. "If you just write a prescription for your patient, the care will ...

Today is opening day at Martinsville Heritage Days. Tonight's highlights are "A Taste of Clark County," from 5:30-7:30 at Linn Park and the Lloyd Wood Country Music Show at 6:30. Events for tomorrow a...

A car crash that occurred yesterday afternoon in Champaign left a 10 year old Camargo girl dead and two others injured. The accident happened just before 4:00 P.M. on Interstate 57 just north of Champ...

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site is once again offering summer camps for kids and young adults. The Littlest Pioneer Day Camp is designed for children heading into 2nd grade. Pioneer Day Camp is ...

The Coles County Sheriff's Office will be conducting physical testing for corrections on July 7th at 9:00 a.m. at Lantz Arena. Application must be turned in to the Coles County Sheriff's Office before...

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...

One semi overturns along I-74 during the morning hours of Thursday, June 8th at milepost 212.5 near Vermilion County. According to preliminary details from Illinois State Police District 10, investiga...

The Shelby County 4-H Club would like to extend an invitation for their annual chicken and pork barbeque on Saturday, June 17th from 4:30-6:30 pm at the Shelby County Fairgrounds. Their menu will incl...

From the Illinois State Police District 10: As of 4:00 p.m. Troopers, Fire, and EMS are en route to a multiple vehicle crash with severe injuries and entrapment on I-57 Southbound at milepost 237.5 (C...

Nidec Pool Motors Recalled Due To Electric Shock Hazard (Washington, DC) - About 16-thousand Nidec brand swimming pool motors are being recalled because of an electrical shock hazard. Federal safety r...