Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release - October 17, 2025 Illinois sets new record for youth deer season harvest SPRINGFIELD - Illinois youth deer hunters set a new record for the season, harvesting a preliminary tota...

For Immediate Release - October 20, 2025 Mattoon Theater to Reopen VIP Cinemas to offer more food offerings and new projection and sound MATTOON, ILLINOIS- VIP Cinemas is excited to announce the reope...

Foster Poultry Farms, LLC Recalls Chicken Corn Dog and Ground Turkey on a Stick Products Due To Possible Extraneous Matter Contamination Foster Poultry Farms, LLC FSIS Announcement WASHINGTON, Oct. 4,...

For Immediate Release - October 16, 2025 SBL Receives 'Volley for a Cure' Donation The Mattoon and Charleston high school volleyball teams recently donated $2,800 to the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foun...

For Immediate Release - October 16, 2025 Illinois Housing Development Authority Wins National Awards for Innovative Housing Programs CHICAGO - The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) has bee...

For Immediate Release - October 16, 2025 Illinois Law Enforcement Camera Grant Accepting Applications for Fiscal Year 2026 SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (...

For Immediate Release - October 16, 2025 Trump's Administration: SNAP Benefits Slated to be Cut Off on November 1 1.9 million Illinoisans will lose food assistance on November 1 if the Trump administr...

For Immediate Release - October 13, 2025 Illinois State Police Announces Results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols PESOTUM - Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 7 Commander Heather Apperson anno...

For Immediate Release - October 10, 2025 Swearingen family donates to SBL Effingham Specialty Pavilion Gary and Jennifer Swearingen of Neoga recently donated $10,000 to the SBL Specialty Pavilion now ...

For Immediate Release - October 10, 2025 IDOA Launches New CPRG-Climate Smart Agriculture Program Applications accepted starting October 27, 2025, with opportunity for pre-enrollment SPRINGFIELD, IL -...