Category Archives: Local News

UPDATED: Singer Olivia Newton-John Succumbs To Cancer (Los Angeles, CA) -- Four-time Grammy Award winner Olivia Newton-John is dead at the age of 73 after losing a battle against breast cancer that la...

For Immediate Release - August 8, 2022 HHS Invests Nearly $2.3 Million to Strengthen Health Care Workforce and Improve Access to Care in Rural Communities in Illinois Today, the U.S. Department of Hea...

For Release ISP to Conduct Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement Patrols Effingham - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Interim Commander, Lieutenant Lance Hinkle, announces the ISP will conduct Alc...

For Release Treat Your Taste Buds to Food From Around the World with Small Plates, Big Tastes SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Village of Cultures has become a staple at the Illinois State Fair. It's a location ...

For Release Invasive silver carp removed from Lake Calumet CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ICRCC) today announced t...

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

For Release Federal Court Orders Shakman Decree to be Vacated, Citing Gov. Pritzker's 'Extraordinary' and 'Durable' Reforms CHICAGO - The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered the lower ...

National Weather Service Lincoln IL issues Flood Watch for Christian-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland and Clark counties FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE T...

For Release Jesse White to Serve as Grand Marshal For State Fair Twilight Parade SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois State Fair along with Governor JB Pritzker, announced Illinois' longest serving Secretar...

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 ...