Category Archives: Local News

Illinois Expecting First Vaccine Shipment In Mid-December (Springfield, IL) -- Governor J.B. Pritzker says the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines is expected in mid-December. About 109-thousand doses...

Taylorville Remembering Destructive Tornado Two Years Later (Taylorville, IL) -- Taylorville residents are remembering a destructive tornado that hit the city two years ago. Yesterday marked the anniv...

Durkin Wants Ethics Reform Hearings To Resume (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin wants hearings resumed in the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform. Durkin sent...

For Immediate Release - December 1, 2020 Illinois State Police Announce Results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ri...

For Immediate Release - December 1, 2020 Pritzker Administration Launches Two New Homebuyer Assistance Programs Student Loan Repayment and Down Payment Programs Help Overcome Barriers to Homeownership...

For Immediate Release - December 1, 2020 Public Health Officials Announce 12,542 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 12,542 ne...

For Immediate Release - December 1, 2020 Horizon Health Surgeon Earns Top Honors (Paris, Ill.)-The American College of Surgeons has awarded top honors to Yaniv Cozacov, MD, general surgeon at Horizon ...

Life Line screening will be available at the Mattoon American Legion from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on December 17th. They'll be screening for HDL and LDL cholesterol levels; diabetes risk; bone density;...

Volunteers are needed Monday, December 7, 2020 between 9:00 a.m. and noon to help set up the Winter Wonderland Walk at Douglas-Hart Nature Center. They'll be setting up scenes, hanging lights and deco...

The deer harvest total for the first firearm season was down more than 3,000 compared to last year. According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, hunters took just over 47,100 deer compar...