Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release - December 27, 2021 Make your own snowy scene with the Charleston Carnegie Public Library's Take & Make Craft! A paper snow globe craft will be available January 3-January 16...

Friday, December 24 at 12pm: Greenup officials tell us that the boil order has been lifted.  

For Immediate Release - December 24, 2021 Illinois State Police Merit Board Accepting Applications for the 2022 Illinois State Police Academy Classes Springfield, IL - The Illinois State Police, one o...

IL Lawmaker Proposes Bill On Investigating Foster Care Reports (Springfield, IL) -- An Illinois lawmaker is proposing a bill aimed at investigating foster care reports. The bill filed by Representativ...

For Immediate Release - December 23, 2021 Gov. Pritzker Announces Menard County Added to Federal Emergency Disaster Declaration SPRINGFIELD - Governor JB Pritzker announced today that the federal gove...

For Immediate Release - December 23, 2021 The Strasburg Christmas Light Contest, held Friday night December 17th, was again a success. The judges struggled with deciding which light displays were winn...

U Of I Instituting Proof Of Vaccine Policy At Public Events (Champaign, IL) -- The University of Illinois is instituting a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test policy for public events. Star...

For Immediate Release - December 23, 2021 Unemployment Rates Down for the Eighth Consecutive Month, Jobs Up in All Metro Areas SPRINGFIELD - The unemployment rate decreased over-the-year in all fourte...

For Immediate Release - December 23, 2021 Satanic display at Illinois State Capitol deliberately offensive State Reps. Brad Halbrook, Dan Caulkins, Blaine Wilhour, Adam Niemerg and Chris Miller condem...

For Immediate Release - December 23, 2021 Public Health Officials Announce 77,246 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease Over the Past Week SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) toda...