Category Archives: Local News

Looking to keep the kids active this weekend and next? How about some basketball fun?! The Lake Land College Men's Basketball Team are hosting a Little Laker Basketball camp, the next two Sundays at t...

According to a listener report, a traffic accident has occurred on Route 40 between Effingham and Teutopolis. Please use caution and seek an alternate route, if possible, for the time being.   &n...

Governor Rauner today toured the Illinois Science and Technology Park and discussed changes to increase job growth and the importance of innovation and technology in Illinois economy. "The Illinois Sc...

The Salvation Army will host their annual Cinderella Closet on Saturday, April 8th from 9 to 3. FREE formal dresses are available to any high school girl needing a dress for Prom. Cinderella's closet ...

After having taught at Eastern Illinois University for nearly 40 years, Andrew McNitt found it increasingly difficult to settle into retirement and blindly accept whatever negative consequences the st...

Governor Bruce Rauner today signed a series of Executive Orders to improve and streamline Illinois state government. Executive Orders 17-01, 17-02 and 17-03 will eliminate redundancies and simplify th...

SIUE Ready With 30-Million-Dollar Loan To Save SIU (Springfield, IL) -- Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville may be saving the school's main campus. Trustees are being asked next week to appro...

Moody's Warns Illinois Of 'Unsustainable Path' Without Budget (Springfield, IL) -- Another day, another warning to state of Illinois leaders to come to terms on a budget. The latest warning came yeste...

A new bill could expand the rights of people using crossbows to hunt deer. Currently, law only allows people 62 and older with a permit to hunt with a crossbow, but the new law would include people of...

They're creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky and they're coming to Mattoon High School. The drama club will present The Addams Family Musical Comedy, April 6th and 7th at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $6.00 e...