Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release - December 1, 2020 Eastern Illinois Foodbank Receives $25,000 Grant from PNC Foundation for Emergency Food Assistance in McLean and Woodford Counties URBANA, IL, Dec. 1, 2020 - E...

The annual Christmas light display will open Friday, December 4, 2020, in Newton's Peterson Park. Please enter through the main entrance off of Marion Street. The display will be open Friday and Satur...

For Immediate Release - December 1, 2020 SBL Fayette County Hospital Honored for Excellence in Quality of Care The Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) recently recognized Sarah Bush Linc...

According to the Mattoon School District (CUSD 2), middle-school students and staff will not report to in-person classes or to Broadway Christian Church tomorrow (Dec. 1) due to a water-main break. Al...

For Immediate Release - November 30, 2020 Critical Deadline Approaching for Retired Vets on TRICARE Select WASHINGTON - Effective January 1, 2021, Group A retired beneficiaries must pay a new monthly ...

For Immediate Release - November 30, 2020 Public Health Officials Announce 6,190 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 6,190 new...

For Immediate Release - November 30, 2020 Free COVID-19 Testing Available at State Mobile Testing Sites in Central Illinois SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has several mo...

Officials are investigating a coronavirus outbreak that has infected nearly 200 residents and staff, and killed 27 veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs is attempting to determine what caused t...

For Immediate Release - November 25, 2020 Illinois State Police Announce Results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols Pesotum - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Ki...

For Immediate Release - November 25, 2020 Angela Jackson to Serve as Fifth Illinois Poet Laureate CHICAGO - First Lady MK Pritzker today announced the selection of Angela Jackson as the next Poet Laur...