Category Archives: Local News

Baseball fans will have the unique opportunity to meet former Major League pitcher and 1986 World Series champion Dwight Bernard at the Roland Lewis Building in Mount Vernon tomorrow (Saturday). Berna...

Due to this week's weather and projected storms tomorrow (Saturday), the Edwards County Farm Bureau Young Leaders Scholarship Trap Shoot at the Edwards County Sportsman Club has been rescheduled to Sa...

The Jimmy & Rosemary Cox Foundation is dedicated to making Wayne County a better place to live. Established in 2018 through the generous vision of Rosemary Cox and her late husband, Jimmy, the fou...

A group of Champion retirees and friends will host a special carry-out lunch tomorrow (Friday) to honor former employees who recently lost their jobs. The Champion Employee Appreciation Day Carry Out ...

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (IECC) will host a series of Student/Parent Information Nights-known as SPIN Nights this month designed to help prospective students and their families take the nex...

One person is dead following a dramatic overnight incident involving a shooting and a house fire in Benton that also damaged a neighboring home. Fire crews were first dispatched around 11:28 p.m. Wedn...

Mark A. Pingsterhaus, 52, the former police chief of the Carlyle Police Department, is facing four federal charges after being accused of embezzling more than $100,000 for personal use. A federal gran...

State Representative Dave Vella has introduced new legislation aimed at easing the financial burden on Illinois families by establishing annual back-to-school sales tax holidays. House Bill 4344 would...

Consumer advocates are calling out Illinois utilities for charging customers millions of dollars in hidden expenses that, they say, benefit companies rather than consumers. On Wednesday, Brian McDanie...

Walmart has agreed to pay $100 million to resolve allegations that it misled customers and drivers participating in its Spark delivery program. The settlement, announced by Illinois Attorney General K...