Category Archives: Local News

Are you a Landlord with tenants behind on their rent due to COVID? Or a tenant behind? Mid-May Illinois Housing Development Authority will begin a landlord/tenant Rental Payment Program or RPP. Embarr...

Join Master Gardeners Rita and Phyllis for "Pizza Plants," May 8th at 9:00 a.m. at the 4-H Center at the Coles County Fairgrounds. The ladies will teach you about different types of tomato, pepper and...

The Coles County Farm Bureau is taking care of supper. You can order ten meals for a family of two for $85.85, or ten meals for a family of five for $171.70. They're frozen and ready to cook. Among th...

The Lake Shelbyville Kids' Fishing Derby will be held June 5th at Opossum Creek. Check-in will be at 8:30 a.m. for kids 6 and under and 9:30 for 7 to 12-year-olds. Young anglers will need to bring the...

For Immediate Release Land of Lincoln Credit Union Partners with Springfield Area High Schools to Offer Financial Education and Donations to Students Decatur, Illinois, April 27th, 2021- Land of Linco...

For Immediate Release - April 27, 2021 State Announces Community Partners Vaccination Clinics Open to All 102 Counties CHICAGO - To help more vulnerable Illinoisans get vaccinated, the state of Illino...

For Immediate Release - April 27, 2021 Horizon Health Twilight Walk Honors All Nurses (Paris, IL)-In recognition of National Nurses Week, Horizon Health will sponsor its annual Twilight Walk honoring ...

For Immediate Release - April 27, 2021 "Drive safe. Work safe. Save lives." SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police, Illinois Tollway, Secretary of State Jesse W...

Coles County Sheriff Jimmy Rankin announced his retirement this morning. Rankin, who has been sheriff since 2014, said it was a difficult decision not to seek a third term, but he made it with his fam...

For Immediate Release - April 27, 2021 Gov. Pritzker Signs Equity Driven Healthcare Reform Legislation SPRINGFIELD - In a major step forward in the work to expand health equity across Illinois, Govern...