Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Apply now for Pere Marquette youth wingshooting clinic, pheasant hunt GRAFTON - Young hunters between the ages of 10 and 17 can apply now for the Pere Marquette Youth Wingshootin...

Two Decatur Schools Shift To Remote Learning (Decatur, IL) -- A pair of schools in Decatur are suspending in-person learning due to rising COVID-19 cases and quarantine requirements among staff and st...

Lena Rose Musser, 95, of Beecher City, IL passed away at 1:39 a.m. on Monday, January 10, 2022, in the Shelbyville Manor in Shelbyville, IL. Lena was born on September 7, 1926, in Beecher City, the da...

IBHE Board Approves Higher Education Budget Request Bolstering Equity-Driven Strategic Plan SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) today approved a fiscal year 2023 budget recomme...

For Immediate Release - January 10, 2022 Top Baby Names of Deliveries at HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in 2021 EFFINGHAM- A name says something about a person - noble, kind, charitable or simpl...

Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 553 AM CST Tue Jan 11 2022   ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-121200- This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of centra...

For Immediate Release - January 10, 2022 SBL Issues the Healthy Heroes Challenge to Riddle Elementary School On Jan. 6, Sarah Bush Lincoln Healthy Communities staff visited Riddle Elementary School in...

If you'd like to take up some new hobbies in this new year, Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Mattoon has many possibilities. An open house to learn more about their monthly programs and volunteer opportu...

Effingham Co. Animal Shelter & Control Brings In Animals Involved In Crash (Effingham Co., IL) -- The Effingham County Animal Shelter and Control is full of dogs and cats. The shelter received a c...

Man Charged In Police Shooting In Decatur (Decatur, IL) -- A man is charged with attempted murder after a police officer was shot over the weekend in Decatur. Authorities say the officer was attemptin...