Category Archives: Local News

Unemployment claims fell last week in Illinois by more than 500 over the previous week. Last week, new jobless claims fell to a little more than 75-hundred, compared with more than 81-hundred the prev...

Illinois is the least tax friendly state in the country. MoneyGeek conducted the study that revealed the dubious distinction. The personal finance site calculated the tax burden on the average citizen...

Members of the Cisne FFA participated in the 2024 State Awards Day held Saturday, at Mt. Zion High School near Decatur. Alex Paul, Chloe Owens, and Brock Allen were participants for Cisne. Paul receiv...

Wayne County is now listed under Abnormally Dry conditions, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, released Thursday. It shows parts of southwestern Illinois in Abormally Dry conditions, an...

An altercation Thursday landed a man in the White County Jail. Reports out of Carmi say two men, Kevin Page and Douglas Hast, were involved in a verbal argument prior to an altercation and, according ...

A Thursday night fire has destroyed a barn and welding shop near Belle Rive. Media reports say the first fire call came in a little after 5 p.m. Thursday. The owner of the L-shaped barn said he was in...

A bill under consideration in Springfield would require social media companies to notify parents if they find their child is being threatened or is in some sort of danger. The bill passed unanimously ...

Lawmakers in Springfield are discussing two proposals that would provide parents with tax credits for child care. One proposal would give parents a state tax credit equaling 25 percent of the federal ...

An Illinois House committee has approved Governor Pritzker’s massive health insurance reform proposal. Among other features, the proposal would make Illinois the first state in the country to ba...

The FCHS Board met Thursday evening for their regular monthly meeting. Personnel and building issues dominated the agenda. In personnel matters: Tiffany Lyons was unanimously hired as the districts ne...