Category Archives: Local News

State Reminds Soon-To-Be-Uninsured Policyholders To Find Something Soon (Springfield, IL) -- The state is reminding policyholders of Land of Lincoln Health Insurance in Illinois to find new insurance....

Suspicious Package Found At Illinois Supreme Court Building (Springfield, IL) -- Officials say a suspicious package found at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield didn't contain any explo...

At the 2016 Lake Land College associate degree in nursing pinning ceremony, 71 graduating nurses received their pins. This is the college's largest graduating nursing class. Charley Bailey received th...

According to a press release from the Mattoon Police Department, Burton W. Adams, age 35 of Mattoon, was arrested On Sept. 23rd at 8:08 p.m. at Old State Village. He was charged with two counts of Res...

According to Mattoon Police Department press release, Mattoon police arrested Aaron M. Henigman, age 42 of Golconda, on Friday Sept. 23rd at 3:26 p.m. in the 700 block of Richmond Ave. Henigman was ch...

Lake Land College Student Life is hosting a performance by The Filharmonic, an a capella music group featured in the hit movie "Pitch Perfect 2." The event is scheduled in Theater of the Luther Studen...

The Department of Natural Resources has received reports of more than 50 cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), so far this year. IDNR is asking landowners, hunters and concerned citizens to be...

A semi rollover shut down traffic just south of milepost 184 in Coles County overnight. Illinois State Police were on scene diverting traffic onto Route 45 for about two-hours. The semi was moved into...

A Flora man was airlifted to Barnes-Jewish Hospital following an accident yesterdays. According to the Illinois State Police, 24-year-old Russell Sullens was eastbound on I-70 in Fayette County when h...

If you want-in on Illinois' big birthday in 2018, this is your week. The state is holding a number of planning meetings this week to continue planning for Illinois' bicentennial. A commission is alrea...