Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) today recognized the city of Godfrey for achieving the Ready to Respond Community designation. Godfrey is the second municipality in Illinois to receive...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library's Astronomy Night will meet on Tuesday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m. in the Library parking lot. If the skies are clear, telescopes will be set up for participant's...

A new poll says Illinois voters like unions, they just wish organized labor had less power in Springfield. The latest poll from Southern Illinois University's Paul Simon Public Policy Institute says 5...

Governor Rauner is launching a plan designed to cut down on red tape in Illinois. The governor signed an executive order yesterday at the College of DuPage to review all agency rules and regulations b...

West Terre Haute officials have announced that the water will be shut off for all customers starting at 9am today Wednesday, October 19th, for about 4 hours while repairs are made to a damaged main li...

The Charleston Rotary Club will have its annual pancake and sausage breakfast this Saturday (10/22) from 6:30-10:00 a.m. in the parking lot of Dirty's Bar and Grill. Tickets are $6.00 for adults and $...

Love nature and Halloween?! If so, no event is better to be a volunteer for than Douglas-Hart Nature Center's annual Haunted Hike stretching out over a a two night event; Friday, October 28th and Satu...

Get your Binga on this weekend! The Windsor High School Class of 2017 invites you to their school Saturday night, October 22nd, for a Longaberger Binga Fundraiser! Doors will open at 5 PM and games ge...

Explore Scotland and Ireland on a nine-day excursion with Lake Land College's Community and Professional Programs. You'll travel to Edinburgh, Highlands, Glencoe and Lock Ness and from there on to Gla...

A memorial service for an EIU student who died last week will be held tonight (Tuesday, October 18). 19-year-old Tyler Behnke, a sophomore from Oswego, died October 10th at the Pi Kappa Alpha House. T...