Category Archives: Overnights

New Positive Coronavirus Case In Illinois
Illinois health officials say another patient in the state has tested positive for the coronavirus. The positive results were announced Saturday and will still have to be confirmed by the U.S. Centers...
MyRadioLink Mar 02, 2020 Nicolas Raymond / CC

Nominations Announced for 55th Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards
The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted for the first time by Keith Urban, will be handed out Sunday, April 5 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and broadcast live on CBS. Entertainer of ...
Renee Fonner Feb 27, 2020 Lunchbox LP / CC

Garth Brooks to Receive ICON Award at Billboard Music Awards
Garth Brooks will be recognized with the coveted ICON Award at the upcoming 2020 Billboard Music Awards. As a 19-time Billboard Music Award winner, Brooks joins only eight other artists who have ever ...
MyRadioLink Feb 26, 2020 Steve Jurvetson / CC

Local Police Across Illinois Could Get Cut Of Marijuana Tax Revenue
Local police departments could be in line to benefit from the millions of dollars in legal cannabis tax revenue. This week, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that in the first month of legal marijuana,...
MyRadioLink Feb 25, 2020 Greg Gjerdingen / CC

Rep. Welch Advocating For NCAA Athlete Endorsements
Illinois House Democrat Chris Welch is making the case for the opportunity for college athletes to get paid endorsement deals. Welch is advocating in the House for legislation to allow NCAA athletes t...
MyRadioLink Feb 25, 2020

Gas Tax Increase Paving The Way For New Road Repairs Across The State
The gas tax hike of 2018 is starting to pay dividends in local road repairs. In Quincy, city officials plan on spend more than one-point-eight million dollars on road work this year. All of those repa...
MyRadioLink Feb 25, 2020 Mike Mozart / CC

Legal Cannabis Tax Revenue To Surpass Estimates By A Long Shot In Illinois
Governor J.B. Pritzker is announcing the total tax revenue generated from legal cannabis in January. According to the state Department of Revenue, more than ten-million dollars in tax revenue and reta...
MyRadioLink Feb 25, 2020

Winter Health Fair Taking Place Today
In observance of American Heart Month and Children's Dental Health Month, the Edgar County Health Department will hold a free winter health carnival from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on February 24th. In addition t...
MyRadioLink Feb 24, 2020 Nicolas Raymond / CC

Police Investigating Champaign Homicide
Police are investigating after a woman was shot to death in Champaign. The shooting happened yesterday on the corner of Dale Drive and West Anthony Drive, next door to Northside Church of Christ. Depu...
MyRadioLink Feb 24, 2020

Rep. LaHood Slams Blagojevich Actions, Defends Trump's Ukraine Call
Republican Congressman Darin LaHood is speaking out about the commutation of Rod Blagojevich's prison sentence. LaHood says the former governor "ran the state like a criminal enterprise" and never sho...
MyRadioLink Feb 24, 2020 Mark Goebel / CC


