Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release - September 10, 2021 Illinois State Police Announce Results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols Pesotum - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Acting Captain ...

For Immediate Release - September 9, 2021 Intersect Illinois Announces Dan Seals to Serve as New CEO CHICAGO - Intersect Illinois, the statewide economic development organization focused on bringing b...

For Immediate Release - September 9, 2021 Lake Land College to host first annual Math & Science Open House Lake Land College math and science faculty will host the first annual Math & Science ...

Thursday, September 9, 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: The I-57/IL Route ...

3D Bow Shoot at Ballard Nature Center Ballard Nature Center in Altamont will have a 3D bow shoot this Saturday and Sunday, and September 18th and 19th. Registration will be open from 7:30-4:00 each da...

Clean Energy Bill Passes House (Springfield, IL) -- A massive clean energy bill is moving forward after being passed by the Illinois House. The House approved the bill yesterday on a party line vote. ...

Memorial Health Systems: 16 Dead From COVID Within Last Two Weeks (Undated) -- Officials with Memorial Health System says 16 patients in their hospitals have died from COVID-19 in the last two weeks. ...

NIU Sees Increase In Freshman Crash Enrollment (Dekalb, IL) -- Northern Illinois University is seeing a jump in its freshman class. Fall new freshman enrollment at NIU is up nearly 12-percent over the...

Oscar-Winning Peoria Makeup Artist Gets Honorary Street Name (Peoria, IL) -- An Oscar-winning Peoria make-up artist is getting a street named in her honor. Tami Lane came back to her hometown yesterda...

House Passes Ethics Reform Bill (Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois House is advancing an ethics reform bill. The bill passed yesterday on its second go around after Republicans initially pulled support...