Category Archives: Local News

Tickets are still available for the Tuscola FFA Alumni Association's raffle. The grand prize is an electric power washer valued at $1,600. Tickets are $10 each; three for $25; or six for $50. To reser...

For Immediate Release - October 26, 2020 Illinois Department of Agriculture Awards Specialty Crop Grant Funds SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) received more than $591,00...

One Person's Dead, 17 Hurt In Tractor-Trailer Roll-Over Accident (Hancock County, IL) -- One person's dead and 17 others are hurt after a tractor-trailer crash in Hancock County, Illinois. State Polic...

For Immediate Release Horizon Health Hosts Free Medicare Info Sessions (Paris, Ill.)-Horizon Health will host free Medicare educational sessions on Wednesday, October 28, at noon and 5:30 pm. These se...

For Immediate Release - October 26, 2020 State Public Health Officials Announce COVID-19 Resurgence Mitigations to Take Effect in Regions 4 and 10 on October 28, 2020 CHICAGO - Governor Pritzker and t...

For Immediate Release - October 26, 2020 Public Health Officials Announce 4,729 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus Disease SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported ...

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO OLNEY MURDER LEADS TO FIFTH PERSON BEING CHARGED Mount Vernon, IL - On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, the office of the Jefferson County State's Attorney Sean Fe...

Springfield- Following the Pritzker administration's announcement of $140 million in CARES payments to Medicaid providers, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is encouragin...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 51 counties in Illinois are considered to be at a warning level for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A county enters a...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker continues to say the federal government needs to help the state cover its coming-budget-shortfall. The governor yesterday said the state cannot cut its way out of a five-...