Category Archives: Local News

The Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce a special travel program to Prague, Vienna & Budapest next March at a very special price. This nine-day trip will feature the must-se...

A brief informational session regarding Paris Community Hospital/Family Medical Center's Medical Weight Loss Clinic will take place at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, September 20, in the Paris Family Medical Cen...

From home automation to robots and banana pianos, Lake Land College Information Technology (IT) students think outside the box and create groundbreaking projects in the college's Innovation Lab and Ma...

Rauner Laying Off Political Hires By IDOT (Springfield, IL) -- Governor Rauner is firing a group of workers who held controversial positions at IDOT. His office says the governor sent layoff notices y...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that lanes will be reopened, where possible, throughout the state for the Labor Day weekend in an effort to expedite travel during the holiday perio...

Paris Community Hospital/Family Medical Center will offer a free CPR/AED course on Thursday, September 15, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, in Conference Room D at the hospital. This non-healthcare provider ...

The Illinois State Police has released the following preliminary information on an early morning traffic crash in Cumberland county that has left a passenger, a 16 year old Robinson girl dead. 22 year...

Public hearings are being planned for a proposal to add services to the Illinois Medicaid program. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services filed a public notice late last week to hold hearing...

One Illinois lawmaker wants the state to get into the business of policing Pokemon Go. Chicago Democrat Kelly Cassidy has a plan to fine Pokemon Go's owners 100-dollars a day if the company doesn't ba...

Notices are being mailed out to nearly 700 voters following news that Illinois' voter registration system database was recently hacked. Officials with the Illinois State Board of Elections said yester...