Category Archives: Local News

Paris Community Hospital is hosting "10 Things Seniors Need to Know About Finance and Nursing Home Planning" on Thursday, October 27th from 6 to 7:30pm in the Family Medical Center Lobby. This program...

We bleed blue for EIU and it's Homecoming Weekend with Alumni, Students, Teachers, and all of Coles County celebrating! Come join some of this weekends festivities including the traditional Homecoming...

Illinois State Police released the preliminary investigative on an accident in Fayette County, near St. Elmo, last night October 21, 2016, around 11:30 pm that involved livestock. Cory Acker, 26, Shre...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library's Astronomy Night will be on Tuesday, November 1st at 7:00 pm in the parking lot. If the skies are clear, telescopes will be set up. The program is free and open...

Another Cyber Attack May Affect Popular Sites (Undated) -- The system provider for Amazon, Twitter, Netflix and others says a third cyberattack is underway this afternoon. Dyn -- the domain name syste...

State Surrenders Neglected Park (Belleville, IL) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking back a park at Carlyle Lake from the state of Illinois because of years of neglect. The feds say the faci...

U.S. Service Member Killed In Northern Iraq ID'd (Washington, DC) -- The American soldier killed in northern Iraq when his vehicle hit an IED is being identified. The Navy says Chief Petty Officer Jas...

Duckworth Outraises Kirk In Last Quarter (Chicago, IL) -- U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth is outraising Republican incumbent Mark Kirk in the last quarter when it comes to campaign funds. The Fe...

>>School Bus Crash Outside Indianapolis (Hendricks Co., IN) -- A crash involving a school bus and a semi is shutting down part of a major Indiana interstate. Police say the crash happened near H...

Sentencing has been handed down in the case of a Sullivan, Illinois man. According to the Moultrie County State's Attorney's Office, Michael Yost will spend 75 years in prison for the death of his ex-...