Category Archives: Local News

UPDATED: Betty White's Last Tweet Noted 100th Birthday Was Coming Up (Los Angeles, CA) -- Betty White is dead just weeks before she was set to turn 100-years-old. Her last tweet from this Tuesday was ...

The following press release is being disseminated on behalf of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office. Illinois State Police Release Statement from the Family of Wayne County Deputy Sean Riley The Family o...

The Wayne County Ambulance Service will be having a pork burger and polish sausage fundraiser in the parking lot of the Fairfield Save-A-Lot for the family of Deputy Sean Riley on Saturday, January 15...

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton Tests Positive For COVID (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton is in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. The state's second-in-command...

Illinois' Minimum Wage Increasing In 2022 (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' minimum wage will increase this weekend. Starting tomorrow, the new wage will be 12-dollars an hour. Governor Pritzker signed l...

Illinois Sets Another Daily COVID Case Record (Springfield, IL) -- New COVID-19 cases continue to reach new heights in Illinois. State health officials reported more than 30-thousand new cases yesterd...

State General Assembly Cancels Session Days Due COVID Surge (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are shortening their first legislative sessions of the new year due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in ...

For Immediate Release - December 30, 2021 Governor and Hospital Leaders Urge Hospitals to Postpone Non-Emergency Surgeries During Omicron Surge CHICAGO - To prepare for a likely surge of post-holiday ...

For Immediate Release - December 30, 2021 Illinois State Police Investigate Murder of Bradley Police Officer Bradley, IL - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone...

For Immediate Release - December 30, 2021 State Announces Vaccination Arbitration Decision for IDOC, IDJJ Employees SPRINGFIELD - Building on efforts to protect state employees and people in the State...