Category Archives: Local News

June 2021 SBL DAISY Nurse Award Recipient Lincolnland Hospice Nurse Cassie Rich, RN, was honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Sarah Bush Lincoln on July 22. Rich was nominated for ...

For Immediate Release - July 23, 2021 Coles Count Historical Society Board of Directors Releases Statement on the Passing of Steve Thompson The Board of Directors of the Coles County Historical Societ...

The Cumberland High School Class of 2003 will hold a fundraiser for classmate Roy Starwalt on July 30th at Carl's Pizza in Greenup. Members of the class will be waiting tables and delivering pizza. Al...

For Immediate Release - July 23, 2021 Public Health Officials Announce 7,983 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease Over the Past Week SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today rep...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois and southeast Illinois including: Christian-Clark-Clay-Coles-Crawford-Cumberland-Douglas-Edgar-Effingham-Jaspe...

For Immediate Release - July 22, 2021 Illinois EPA Sampling Detects Elevated Metals in Groundwater Monitoring Wells at Former Beloit Corporation Superfund Site in Rockton SPRINGFIELD - State and local...

For Immediate Release - July 22, 2021 - Press Release Congresswoman Mary Miller Introduces the House Companion Bill to the Define WOTUS Act of 2021 to Protect Farmers and Ranchers from Biden's EPA WAS...

For Immediate Release - July 22, 2021 Unemployment Rates Down, Jobs Up in Every Metro Area Compared to June 2020 SPRINGFIELD - The number of nonfarm jobs increased over-the-year in all fourteen Illino...

For Immediate Release - July 22, 2021 Gov. Pritzker Signs Landmark Legislation Expanding Telehealth Access CHICAGO - Joined by healthcare leaders and elected officials at Mount Sinai Hospital, Governo...

For Immediate Release - July 22, 2021 Pritzker Administration Announces $742 Million in COVID-19 Relief Now Available to Illinois Small Local Governments SPRINGFIELD - Governor JB Pritzker announced t...