Category Archives: Local News

Lt. Governor Stratton To Visit SIUC (Carbondale, IL) -- Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton is visiting Southern Illinois University-Carbondale today. She will be meeting with students, staf...

Illinois Judge Issues Restraining Order On School Masking, Vaccine Requirements (Chicago, IL) -- Schools districts around Illinois will decide today on whether to enforce their own masking and COVID-1...

BOIL ORDER ISSUED BY MOULTRIE COUNTY RURAL PUBLIC WATER DISTRICT FEBRUARY 4, 2022, HAS BEEN LIFTED. THE BOIL ORDER WAS FOR SOUTH OF BO WOOD ACCESS ROAD ON ROUTE 32 SOUTH TO SULIVAN MARINA.

For Immediate Release - February 4, 2022 Public Health Officials Announce 60,389 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease Over the Past Week SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today...

For Immediate Release - February 4, 2022 Illinois Emerges as Regional and National Leader in Startup Creation in 2021 SPRINGFIELD - Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Econom...

For Immediate Release - February 3, 2022 Gov. Pritzker Announces Over $150 Million in Funding to Reduce Gun Violence CHICAGO- With Governor Pritzker more than doubling funding aimed at reducing gun vi...

Thursday, February 3, 2022, Ed Dowd, Executive Director of the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce was a guest on 101.3 WMCI. Here is a brief description of what he covered during the interview: Big Shout Out...

For Immediate Release - February 3, 2022 Three More Illinois State Police Troopers Struck While Working Winter Storm Springfield, IL - On February 3, 2022, Illinois State Police (ISP) officials invest...

Travel Advisory: Troopers are handling multiple crashes involving commercial motor vehicles. The northbound lanes of I-57 between milepost 150-156 are closed. Traffic is being diverted off the interst...

UPDATED - THURSDAY, FEBUARY 3 AT 12:20PM: Due to multiple crashes and poor road conditions blocking the roadway I-57 S/B and N/B are shut off from Exit 220 to Exit 229. S/B traffic is being diverted t...