Category Archives: Local Sports

Wednesday, April 4th and while it's been a rough start to the baseball and softball season due to weather, a few games managed to get played tonight. Check out a few final area scores... High School B...

The 2nd Annual Tour de Charleston on Saturday, June 2nd, features three timed bicycle races of 12.5, 25, and 50 mile distances. Staggered starts at 8:00 AM take off from the historic Coles County Cour...

Mets Phillies Game First To Be Broadcasted On Facebook (New York, NY) -- Today's Mets Phillies game is the first of several games that can only be watched on Facebook. Major League Baseball and Facebo...

Pro Basketball, Baseball Leagues Want Cut Of Illinois Sports Betting (Springfield, IL) -- The NBA and MLB are okay with Illinois legalizing sports betting, as long as they get their cut. Representativ...

Last Chief, Smithsonian Native American Expert To Speak At U Of I (Urbana, IL) -- The last student to dress as The Chief and the Smithsonian's expert on Native Americans will headline the University o...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois senators are gathering testimony on how legal sports betting would work if the current federal ban is ever overturned. During testimony today at a legislative hearing in Chic...

Due to the flooding: Classes are cancelled immediately in all locations and Lake Land College campus is closing at noon. (Tuesday, April 3, 2018)

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Coles County in east central Illinois... Southern Edgar County in east central Illinois... Clark County in east...

(San Antonio, TX) -- The Villanova Wildcats are the champions of men's college basketball after beating Michigan 79-62 in the title game in San Antonio. Villanova secured its second national title in ...

Another Ogunbowale Makes Notre Dame Women National Champs (Columbus, OH) -- Of course Notre Dame's women's basketball team had to win on a last second shot. And of course, Arike Ogunbowale was the one...