Category Archives: Local News

The Charleston Carnegie Library presents "The Healing Power of Unselfishness" by Lois Rae Carson. The presentation will be held later on today, Saturday November 5th, at 2:00 PM. It will focus on what...

Any dinner plans Saturday? Leave the cooking to St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Dorans for they will be hosting their annual roast beef supper tomorrow night, Saturday, November 5th! In addition to a de...

Sign-up continues today, Friday, November 4, for One Stop Community Christmas. If you live in Coles, Cumberland, Shelby, Douglas, Moultrie, Edgar, or Clark County, please take photo ID, children's sta...

Moultrie County Rural Public Water District has issued a boil order for the following area due to a water main break until further notice: South of 1025 on Route 32 to Findlay Road going west includin...

Some spots in Illinois hit almost 80 degrees on November 1st, but the state says regardless of the temperature, this is the month for winter weather preparedness. Illinois' Emergency Management Agency...

Illinois' medical marijuana program will end its first year with twelve-thousand patients and 28-million-dollars in sales. The program began last November. Medical marijuana supporters say the numbers...

Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) held in Clay and Richland Counties during October. Thes...

A southern Illinois man was injured in a vehicle-deer accident last night. According to the Illinois State Police, 78 year old Frederick Gentry, of Salem was southbound on I-57 near mile post 147 when...

HSHS Home Care and Hospice Southern Illinois are celebrating November 2016 as National Home Care and Hospice Month. During the month of November, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (...

With the fall upon us, many of us are starting to clean up our lawns and getting rid of the leaves that have gathered, many times through burning leaves. While everyone appreciates a neat lawn, HSHS S...