Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release - May 6, 2021 Gov. Pritzker Urges Illinois to 'Start Seeing Motorcycles' SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker has proclaimed May as Motorcycle Awareness Month in Illinois, joining the ...

For Immediate Release - May 6, 2021 Pritzker Administration Recognizes Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Illinois SPRINGFIELD - The State of Illinois today announced a series of events...

Thursday, May, 6, 2021, 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 Paycheck Prot...

For Immediate Release - May 5, 2021 Gov. Pritzker Announces 11 Appointments to Illinois Authorities, Boards and Commissions Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pr...

For Immediate Release - May 5, 2021 State Deploys Rural and Rapid Response Vaccination Teams to Lawrence, Macon and Fulton Counties CHICAGO - As the state surpasses vaccination rates of 60 percent for...

For Immediate Release - May 5, 2021 IDHS Announces Appointment of Ruth Lopez McCarthy as Senior Immigration Fellow CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced today the appoin...

Illinois Lawmakers Hoping To Add Penalties For Scott's Law Violation (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois House lawmakers are hoping to add penalties for Scott's Law violations. The law requires drivers to m...

Illinois Top State For Gun Background Checks In 2021 (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois is the top state in the nation for firearm background checks in 2021. So far this year, state officials have conducte...

For Immediate Release - May 5, 2021 Illinois State Police Investigate Officer Involved Shooting in Tilton, Vermilion County Tilton, IL - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Zone 5 Investigations was reque...

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE INCIDENT IN CLARK COUNTY ILLINOIS - UPDATE Clark County, IL - On May 3, 2021 at approximately 9:40 p.m., the Illinois State Police (ISP) along with the Clark County, ...