Category Archives: Local News

The Mattoon Middle School home baseball game vs Mt. Zion has been cancelled due to rain.

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Coles, Moultrie, and Shelby counties in Illinois until 4:15pm CT. Primary threat includes 60mph winds and possible hail

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Edgar County in Illinois until 3:30 CT. Primary threat includes damaging wind gusts and possible hail

SPRINGFIELD - Earthquakes occur without warning and can have devastating effects, as the world witnessed this week after a deadly earthquake in Italy. With two seismic zones in the southern part of th...

CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say an Illinois state trooper shot and wounded two men on Chicago's South Side when one of them pulled out a gun. The incident began Thursday around 8:30 p.m. as Illinois St...

Airshow 2016 comes to the Coles County Memorial Airport this Saturday (8/27) Gates open at 11am and the show starts at noon. There is no admission or parking charge. Please bring lawn chairs or blanke...

Graduating high school seniors did a little better this year on their ACT college entrance exams. The state board of education says seniors earned a composite score of 20-point-8 out of 36 this year, ...

A new federal report confirms that Illinois continues to trail the nation in key economic indicators including job growth. The report from the staff of Congress' Joint Economic Committee holds a ray o...

If you get your insurance through Illinois' Obamacare Exchange, get ready to pay a lot more. Insurers say typical monthly premiums will jump almost 30-percent. Illinois' health care managers submitted...

You can see the story of Zale Vincent Walk tonight on WGN-TV news. The son of Vince and Katie Walk, of Gays, the four-month-old Zale had been waiting for a heart transplant for some time. That gift ca...