Category Archives: Local News

SPRINGFIELD, IL - In an effort to celebrate the accomplishments of our youth exhibitors, Director Raymond Poe and State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon announced today that changes outlined in the 2017 Illi...

EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP will conduct Roadside Safety Checks (RSCs) in Effingham County during May. The use of RSCs combi...

Nancy Caldwell, Lake Land College music instructor, will receive the 2017 Faculty Association Outstanding Service Award at the commencement ceremony on Friday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lake Land Col...

New Crayon, Accidental Blue (Undated) -- The newest Crayola crayon will be a brilliant blue that chemists at Oregon State University discovered on accident. Chemists stumbled upon the "striking blue" ...

State Farm Closing 11 Offices, Jobs May Come Back To Illinois (Bloomington, IL) -- State Farm says some jobs may be heading back to central Illinois over the next few years. The insurance giant yester...

PESOTUM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, announces the ISP will conduct Special Traffic Enforcement Patrols (sTEP) in Coles, Vermilion, and Champaign Counties d...

Embarras River Basin Agency, Inc. (ERBA) is taking applications for the CSBG School Supply Program, which provides required school supplies to eligible children attending kindergarten through 12th gra...

Diane Sterchi will receive the Lake Land College 2017 Alumnus Achievement Award during the annual Commencement Ceremony, Friday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lake Land College Field House. The Alumnus ...

Tickets are available for the gun raffle that's a part of the annual "Philly's Livin' the Dream" Ride. You have a chance to win a Marlin Model 336 stainless 30-30, Ruger Blackhawk .357 magnum stainles...

Update as of 4:30 pm: Illinois State Police have announced the scene is clear and all lanes are back open Earlier: According to the Illinois State Police, I-57 is reduced to one lane southbound at Mil...