Category Archives: Local News

The University of Illinois Extension will be putting on a holiday workshop next saturday. That workshop will be held at the Edwards County Farm Bureau Office in Albion at 15 South 5th Street from 9:30...

Latest data is showing that unemployment across south central Illinois has fallen. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports 5-point-1 percent of residents of Marion County are out of a j...

In a case that stemmed from a federal lawsuit filed more than a decade ago, an Illinois jury has found that several major egg producers conspired to raise prices by limiting the egg supply. Major food...

Illinois hunters harvested 262 turkeys during the just completed 2023 season, the same number as last year. The best year for turkey hunting in Illinois was 2005, when 12-hundred-18 turkeys were bagge...

The Illinois State Board of Education is facing a growing number of funding requests from schools across the state while it figures out how to manage shrinking budgets. At its recently monthly meeting...

A mysterious superbug that’s been sickening and killing dogs across Illinois and 13 other states might have been identified. It still has no name but researchers at the University of New Hampshi...

The 2024 election season begins Monday. Candidates who want to make the spring primary ballot can begin turning in their paperwork on Monday. There could be a large crowd at the state’s election...

Governor J.B. Pritzker say it’s unacceptable that tens of thousands of Illinois residents go to sleep each night in shelters or in vacant buildings. He made the comment Wednesday at the Supporti...

The newest ambulance of the White County Ambulance suffered what Director Adam Allen calls a catastrophic motor failure and is out of commission. Allen says the vehicle missed it's warranty by 6,000 m...

It was a busy city council meeting for the City of Mcaleansboro on Tuesday. The opening of sealed bids for excess property and equipment took place. The board accepted the highest bids of $4,775.98 an...