Category Archives: Local News

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is celebrating the opening of a new state-of-the-art health center in Carbondale. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held yesterday for the new Carbondale Health Center. The ...

Five animals are dead following a house fire in Effingham. The blaze started yesterday at a home in the 13-hundred block of South Willow Street. Three cats and two dogs were killed. The cause of the f...

The U.S. Supreme Court is denying an Illinois lawmaker’s request to review Illinois’ high court ruling that upheld the state’s assault weapons ban. The denial of State Representative...

Respiratory illnesses are still on the rise in Illinois. The respiratory illness level increased from Moderate to High in the past week and more than half the counties in the state are at an elevated ...

President Biden’s campaign is blasting former President Donald Trump for skipping an Illinois ballot-access tradition. The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ reported over the weekend that Trump didn...

NCOE High School has announced that 8 students have been accepted to audition and play in the 2024 Quad-State Honor Band Festival February 22nd-24th at Murray State University. The students are listed...

The Cemetery Board of Phillips Township will accept sealed bids beginning Tuesday, January 02, 2024, and ending Friday, February 02, 2024, for a 3-year contract for Mowing and general clean-up of the ...

Alex King, CRNA, who works in Fairfield Memorial Hospital Surgical Services Department was recently awarded the Clinical Instructor of the Year Award. This award was given by the University of Evansvi...

The Fairfield City Council meets Tuesday night for their first meeting in the new year. Items on the official agenda include the recognition of the retirement of Loren Dunn, an Audit Report from Kempe...

Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky are keeping an eye on two storm systems expected to affect the area this week, one of which could be quite wet and another one which co...