Category Archives: Local News
SEAL Killed In Yemen From Illinois
SEAL Killed In Yemen From Illinois (Chicago, IL) -- The Pentagon says the Navy SEAL who was killed in a raid on terrorists in Yemen Sunday was from Illinois. Thirty-six-year-old William Owens of Peori...
Jan 31, 2017 Bart Everson / CC
"Father Of Pac-Man" Dies
"Father Of Pac-Man" Dies (Undated) -- The man who gave the world Pac-Man is dead. Masaya Nakamura founded Namco, the company that put out the wildly popular dot-munching game. Namco announced Monday t...
Jan 31, 2017 Ryan Quick / CC
SBL Mobile Mammography Services
Sarah Bush Lincoln's Mobile Mammography Services will be hitting the road at area county health departments, banks and other locations in February. It's available to all women regardless of financial ...
Jan 31, 2017
Charleston Library Book Sale Just Before Valentine's Day
The Friends of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library will hold its "Date with a Good Book" sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on February 10th and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on February 11th. Featured at this s...
Jan 31, 2017
Illinois Deer Harvest Down
Hunters in Illinois bagged fewer deer last year. The latest numbers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources came out late last week. DNR officials say hunters brought in just over 144-thousa...
Jan 31, 2017
Peoria Native Among Those Killed in Sunday's Raid
According to ABC 7 Chicago News, the United States military service member, who was one of the nearly 30 killed during Sunday's raid against al-Qaida, has been identified; 36-year-old William "Ryan" O...
Jan 30, 2017
EIU's President Glassman Issues Statement Regarding the Executive Order on Immigration
A statement from Eastern Illinois University President Dr. Glassman from the EIU Facebook page: "Dear Campus Community, On Friday, January 27, President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling ...
Jan 30, 2017
George H.W. Bush Released From Hospital
George H.W. Bush Released From Hospital (Houston, TX) -- Former President George H.W. Bush is out of the hospital after being treated for pneumonia. The 92-year-old received treatment for over two wee...
Jan 30, 2017 Smithsonian Institution / CC
McDonald’s(R) Restaurants Encourage Customers to “Give a Little Love”
McDonald's Restaurants of Peoria/Bloomington and Central Illinois and each of our local owner-operators will be providing support to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois (RMHCCI) throug...
Jan 30, 2017 Mike Mozart / CC
Four People Killed This Weekend In Chicago Shootings
Four People Killed This Weekend In Chicago Shootings (Chicago, IL) -- Four people are dead and at least 23 others are wounded from gun violence in Chicago this weekend. The wounded include an off-duty...
Jan 30, 2017 Roman Boed / CC
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