Category Archives: Local News

If you're traveling on I-72 West in Macon County, be advised that the Illinois Department of Transportation is on scene at Milepost 153 to fix a buckle in the roadway. The buckle has raised the paveme...

People in Bloomington will no longer be allowed to smoke e-cigs in city-owned buildings. The City Council approved an ordinance last night that bans the smoking of electronic cigarettes in all public ...

State Representative Reggie Phillips and the Crawford County Assessor's office will have a town hall meeting Monday, August 15th from 6:30-7:30 pm at the community center in Robinson, to discuss prope...

C-Car Industries will have an open house to celebrate the career of plant manager Roy Cuppy, Wednesday, August 31st from 1:00-3:00 pm. Roy will be retiring on September 1st after 46 years with C-Car. ...

Tickets are on sale now for the Literature and Libations at the Library fundraiser, an evening highlighted by music, wine and beer and hors d'oeuvres throughout the Charleston Public Library Friday, A...

HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital's Laboratory has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on results of a recent on-site insp...

State Representative Reggie Phillips and the Crawford County Assessor's office will have a town hall meeting Monday, August 15th from 6:30-7:30 pm, to discuss property taxes in Illinois. Representativ...

Illinois' stopgap budget didn't stop the suffering for many of Illinois' social service providers. Many of the groups that take care of the state's poor, sick, and old say they're still waiting for mo...

Governor Bruce Rauner has just three more weeks to consider a bill that would boost prison time for convicted gun traffickers. The bill is backed by police, prosecutors and even the gun lobby, but not...

According to the Coles County Highway Department, part of County Highway 3 east of Charleston will be closed to traffic today. Work is being done to replace a culvert. The work will be done between th...