Category Archives: Local News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Travis Tritt Cancels Concerts That Require COVID Vaccinations, Negative Tests, or Masks (Nashville, Tenn. - Oct. 18, 2021) Multi-platinum selling and award-winning artist Travis ...

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Tickets are available for the Kiwanis Club of Effingham County's Christmas Cash Raffle. The grand prize winner will pocket $500. Second place is $200, and third place is $100. Tickets are $5.00 each o...

The annual online auction for the United Way of Coles County goes live this Friday (10/22) at 8:00 a.m. Make your bid on dozens of items, including gift certificates to local restaurants, handmade cra...

For Immediate Release - October 18, 2021 Pritzker Administration Joins National Campaign to Keep Teen Workers Safe SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is joining the Illinois Occupat...

For Immediate Release Illinois Department of Public Health Adopts CDC Recommendations for School Outbreak Definition SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is following recommen...

Pritzker Moves Back COVID-19 Vaccine Deadlines For Some State Workers (Springfield, IL) -- Governor J.B. Pritzker is moving back the COVID-19 vaccination deadline for some state workers. The move come...

Champaign Suspends Bar's Liquor License After Series Of 911 Calls (Champaign, IL) -- A Champaign bar's liquor license is suspended after a series of 911 calls over the past four months. Mayor Deb Fein...

Suspected Drunk Driver Charged With Crashing Into State Police Vehicle (Rolling Meadows, IL) -- An Elgin man is accused of crashing into an Illinois State Police squad car while driving drunk over the...

IL Woman Accused Of Fatally Shooting Man Who Refused To Kiss Her (Rolling Meadows, IL) -- A man is dead after a bizarre love triangle dispute in Illinois ended in gunfire over a kiss. The Chicago Sun-...