Category Archives: Local News

A city commission is reviewing the fate of Abraham Lincoln statues in Chicago. No decision has been made about removing the statutes, but it is noteworthy that in the biggest city in the "Land of Linc...

Centralia Mayor Herb Williams says social media discussion on the possible termination of City Manager Lowell Crow is ‘blown out of proportion’. While Williams would not discuss specifics ...

Clinton County State’s Attorney Doug Gruenke says the county continues to recover from a ransomware attack that has infected computers in several county offices. Gruenke says the records managem...

A car stuck in snow at the end of a driveway caught fire and was destroyed Wednesday night. Kinmundy-Alma Fire Chief Kevin Day says the fire apparently began in the engine compartment when the tires w...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois state Rep. Michael Madigan has announced that he is resigning his seat in the Legislature. The Chicago Democrat virtually set Illinois' political agenda as House spea...

Republican State Senator Jason Plummer and State Representative Blaine Wilhour were not pleased with what they heard when watching the Governor remotely deliver his budget address on Wednesday. Plumme...

Governor JB Pritzker delivering his State Budget message remotely to the state legislature on Wednesday. Governor JB Pritzker is proposing a more than 41 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year...

A legislative commission is upholding new “culturally responsible” teaching standards. The new standards pushed by the State Board of Education aims to better prepare teachers for a divers...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is reporting Interstate highways and major highways around the state and South-Central Illinois as snow-covered Thursday morning as another winter storm passe...

Ameren Illinois reports 850 customers in the Irvington and Wamac area were left without electricity for about an hour and 20 minutes beginning just before noon on Wednesday. Ameren spokesperson Brian ...