Category Archives: Local News
CCHD Seeking Donations for "Cancer Comfort Bags"
(Undated) - The Crawford County Health Department is seeking donations for its "Cancer Comfort Bags." The "Cancer Comfort Bag" program, established in 2022, provides a tote bag filled with comfort ite...
Jul 09, 2025
Learn to "Stop the Bleed" With CMH and the CMH Foundation
(Undated) -- At a moment's notice, any of us might be in a situation where we are the help until help arrives. According to Crawford Memorial Hospital, about twenty percent of people who die from a tr...
Jul 09, 2025
United Way "Days of Caring" Begin Next Week
(Undated) -- The United Way of Crawford County has announced its upcoming "Days of Caring." According to the United Way, the Annual Days of Caring will include projects in Oblong, Hutsonville, Robinso...
Jul 09, 2025
Checkout Red Cross "Rapid Pass" Now
(Undated) - Your next chance to "Give the Gift of Life" in Crawford County is this Friday. Now would be the perfect time to visit redcrossblood.org and sign up for "Rapid Pass." According to the Red C...
Jul 09, 2025 March 11, 2019. Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee. Photographs from blood bank at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, blood donations at Red Cross on Monday, March 11, 2019 in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by Sanford Myers/American Red Cross
Robinson City Council Has a Busy Agenda
(Robinson) -- The Robinson City Council has several items on the agenda for tonight's meeting. In "New Business," they are set to discuss the annual appropriation ordinance, an ordinance authorizing t...
Jul 08, 2025
Hutsonville Village Board Meets Today
(Hutsonville) -- The Hutsonville Village Board meets this afternoon and they have a handful of items on the agenda. They are set to award the bid for the water tower project, get an update on the demo...
Jul 08, 2025
CCHD Offering Back to School Vaccinations
(Undated) -- The Crawford County Health Department is inviting parents to "Get a Jump on Back-to-School Vaccines." According to the CCHD, children entering Kindergarten, 6th, or 12th grade are due for...
Jul 08, 2025
National Average Could Fall Below $3 a Gallon This Summer
(Undated) -- Gas prices slipped lower for the second straight week. According to GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis, Patrick De Haan, nearly every state saw average gas prices decline even as the nat...
Jul 08, 2025
"National Night Out" Set for August 5th
(Robinson) - "National Night Out" is coming up next month and as in years past, the Robinson Police Department will be hosting an event. Robinson Police Chief, Eric Schmidt, says the RPD is excited to...
Jul 08, 2025
IDOT Reminding Driver to Lookout for Roadside Mowers
(Undated) -- The Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding drivers to slow down during roadside mowing season. During the summer, IDOT conducts two primary types of mowing, including safety m...
Jul 08, 2025