Category Archives: Local News

Voters across Illinois head to the polls today in the state’s primary election. The top of the ballot is the presidential primary, though President Biden and former President Trump have already ...

Starting next year, high school juniors across Illinois will likely be taking the federally-mandated state college entrance exam — the ACT. Illinois students have been taking the SAT college ent...

Analysts say voter turnout so far for tomorrow’s primary in Illinois is significantly low, especially for a general election year. Typically, voter turnout is low in a primary year but not in a ...

The National Weather Service at Paducah has released data on a confirmed tornado touchdown in Eastern Wayne County. According to the weather service, the tornado touched down at 8:11 PM and was on the...

In the Severe Storms from Thursday, South Central Transit has suspended operations in the area effective immediately. That is due to major damage to their bus barn on the north side of Mount Vernon. N...

State lawmakers are considering a bill that would legalize assisted suicide in Illinois. Under the bill, people who are diagnosed with a terminal illness and given six months to live would be allowed ...

This summer, millions of cicadas will emerge simultaneously across the United States. They are part of a group called Brood XIX, four species that appear every 13 years in the Southeast. Another group...

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has launched the Innovation Voucher Program that could help stimulate economic growth. State leaders hope the three-million-dollars in fund...

Illinois lawmakers are looking at two bills that would provide students free school breakfast and lunches. One would make sure all K-12 schools could get the free meals and be reimbursed by the state ...

A bill in the state Senate would require porn sites to verify their users’ ages. SB-2590 would make companies that own the websites to adopt age verification technology to prevent anyone under 1...