Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release - December 16, 2025 BASE Program Hosts Free Youth Workshops at Ashmore Community Center The Hour House BASE Program is offering FREE Youth Workshops at the Ashmore Community Cent...

For Immediate Release - December 16, 2025 Budzinski Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Predatory Drug Pricing, Rein in Pharmacy Benefit Managers WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budz...

For Immediate Release - December 16, 2025 More Seniors Now Eligible for Property Tax Relief Under New Illinois Law Chicago - The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is reminding senior homeowners of...

BASE Program Hosts Free Youth Workshops at Mattoon Public Library Mattoon, IL - The Hour House BASE Program is bringing festive creativity to the Mattoon community this holiday season with a series of...

For Immediate Release - December 16, 2025 More than 81,000 deer harvest during Illinois firearm deer season SPRINGFIELD - Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 81,225 deer during the seven-d...

For Immediate Release - December 16, 2025 Senator Rose Slams New Transit Law to Bailout Chicago Transit SPRINGFIELD, IL- State Senator Rose (R-Mahomet) issued the following statement after Governor Pr...

For Immediate Release - December 17, 2025 Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois Achieves national reaccreditation in its Centennial Year Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Spr...

For Immediate Release - December 12, 2025 The Salvation Army of Coles and Cumberland County Opens Emergency Overnight Warming Shelter The Salvation Army of Coles and Cumberland County will operate as ...

For Release Coles County Peace and Justice Fund awards grants for 2025 MATTOON, Illinois - November 10, 2025: Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation has announced the recipients of the Coles Count...

For Immediate Release - December 2, 2025 Breakout Country Star Ella Langley to Play the Illinois State Fair in August 2026 SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois State Fair is excited to announce that country...