Category Archives: Local News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a meeting to discuss its current water control plan at 6:30 p.m. Monday (11/28) at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center. Staff will be on hand to answer quest...

The 44th Annual House of the Christmas Mouse will be at Booker T. Washington School in Terre Haute December 3rd 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and December 4th, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They'll have lot...

Registration for assistance from One Stop Community Christmas ends next week. If you live in Coles, Cumberland, Clark, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, or Shelby County, please take photo ID, along with chil...

Remains Of Korean War Veteran To Be Buried In Pinckneyville (Pinckneyville, IL) -- The remains of a Korean War veteran from Illinois will finally be laid to rest nearly 70 years after the 19-year-old ...

Three Illinois Universities To Receive Emergency Funding (Springfield, IL) -- Three financially strapped public universities in Illinois will be receiving a combined 17-million-dollars in emergency fu...

8-Year-Old Girl Found Dead In Olney (Olney, IL) -- An investigation is underway after an eight-year-old girl was found dead in Olney. State police say the child's body was discovered Wednesday night b...

Florence Henderson Of Brady Bunch Fame, Dies (Undated) -- The actress who played the mom on "The Brady Bunch" has passed away. Florence Henderson was 82 years-old. Her manager confirmed late last nigh...

The Mattoon Rotary Club's annual door-to-door food drive will be December 3rd. Please leave non-perishable foods in a bag or box outside your front door by 9:00 a.m. If you'd like to make a monetary d...

World-renowned human genetics educator Sam Rhine will host a Genetics Update Conference at Lake Land College, December 9th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There is a $20 registration fee per person, but ...

Illinois could be in a trick box if a Chicago Democrat gets his way, and if contractors use Cat earth movers to building President-elect Trump's wall. State Representative Will Guzzardi introduced a p...