Category Archives: Local News

For Release OSFM and IDOL Stress Safety First at Haunted Attractions Springfield, Ill - Haunted House season has returned to Illinois and with that comes screams, creaking doors, ghosts and goblins. S...

For Release Old State Capitol in Springfield listed to National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network of Freedom SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' Old State Capitol in Springfield has been accept...

For Release ISP Offers Rapid Deployment Training to Law Enforcement Agencies Statewide SPRINGFIELD - To help prevent an active shooter situation or be able to save lives in the event one occurs, the I...

For Release Millikin's Joel Kim Booster event moved to Nov. 9 Millikin University is pleased to welcome actor, writer, comedian and Millikin alumnus Joel Kim Booster for the 2022 Goodheart Event at Al...

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

For Reelase Six tips for healthy aging EFFINGHAM- September is Healthy Aging Month and HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital and HSHS Medical Group are recommending ways that you and your loved ones ca...

For Release Wright's Family Celebrates Groundbreaking for New Wright Family Center Dieterich, Ill. The Wright family, owners of Wright's Furniture & Flooring, officially broke ground on the new Wr...

Socktober is back at Riddle Elementary School in Mattoon. They're collecting socks for One Stop Community Christmas through October 31, 2022. Socks must be new, and all styles and sizes are needed. Th...

For Release IDPH and University of Illinois Spinoff Launch Wastewater Testing for COVID-19 at Schools CHICAGO - The state of Illinois announced it is launching an innovative pilot program to protect s...

Black Light Bingo, to benefit the Mattoon High School P.B.I.S Program, will be held at the Mattoon Eagles Club on Friday, November 4th. Doors open at 5:30 and bingo starts at 7:00. Over $1,000 in cash...