Category Archives: Local News

For Release Building Blocks of Success: IDOT hosting series of workshops for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting free virtual w...

The Windsor American Legion is sponsoring a soup supper and Halloween costume parade October 29th. Meal serving will start at 5:00, and parade line-up will begin at 6:45 at the library. Prizes will be...

For Release Illinois State Police to Conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols Effingham - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 (Interim) Commander, Lieutenant Lance Hinkle, announces the ISP ...

"Stranger Things" after-hours trivia comes to the Effingham Public Library October 28th starting at 7:00pm. There is no charge, but registration is recommended at effinghamlibrary.org, or at 217-342-2...

For Release Pritzker Administration Announces Launch of a Statewide PACE Program to Spur Commercial Investment in Clean Energy Renovations and New Construction Chicago, IL - Governor JB Pritzker and t...

For Release Mountain lion struck and killed by vehicle on I-88 in DeKalb County SPRINGFIELD - A mountain lion (Puma concolor - cougar) was struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 88 in DeKalb Cou...

The annual Christmas auction returns to the Strasburg Community Building November 6th. They'll be selling bikes, trikes, R/C cars, Christmas items, metal signs, wind spinners, and more, starting at 1:...

For Release IDPH Stresses Need to Close Cancer Screening Gap Caused by COVID-19 Ahead of National Mammography Day CHICAGO - With National Mammography Day approaching on October 21, Governor JB Pritzke...

For Release Illinois State Police Announce Results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols Pesotum - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Interim Commander, Acting Captain Bryan Pruitt, announces...

For Release DCEO Launches Public Input Process for Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) Curriculum SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced pu...