Category Archives: Local News

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSL) announced today it has completed the acquisition of Champaign Telephone Company (CTC) and its sister company, Big Broadband Services, a privat...

The stopgap funding plan passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Rauner yesterday enables the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to continue its mission to protect the residents of Illinois...

HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital recently donated two Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to the Effingham County Fair Board to assist them in emergency preparedness. In addition, Community P...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today some lanes will be open for holiday weekend travel and all road work following the holiday travel period will resume as scheduled on Tuesday, ...

Governor Rauner announced today that Illinois will participate in the White House's Data Driven Justice (DDJ) Initiative. Illinois will join 67 other cities, counties, and states in a bipartisan coali...

With the passing of SB 2047, the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs has the ability to continue to serve Illinois veterans with the utmost care and fund operations at the four Veterans' Homes ge...

Dr. David Glassman, EIU President sent the following email to all EIU employees:   Dear Campus Community, I am very pleased to share the news that an appropriation bill was approved by both chamb...

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch from Saturday morning through Monday morning for Fayette County, along with all the counties on your drive to St. Louis and including the ci...

The Illinois State Police is on the scene of a multiple vehicle accident State Road 1/US 150/State Street at the intersection with Michigan Street in Westville. State Road 1 is blocked due to the coll...

Shelby County Home Community Education and the Shelby County Pork Producers' annual pork chop dinner will be July 19th from 5:00-7:00pm at the fairgrounds. One chop dinners are $7.00, and two chop mea...