Category Archives: Local News

Illinois Invests in Frichtl Processing and Slaughtering Expansion in Effingham
(Effingham) - The State of Illinois has announced a major investment in Effingham County. Governor, JB Pritzker, Frichtl Processing and Slaughtering, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Econom...
Tony Collins Jan 15, 2025

Robinson City Council Meets Tonight
(Robinson) - The Robinson City Council meets this evening and they have a light agenda. In "New Business," they will review an ordinance adopting a revised "code of ordinance" for the City of Robinson...
Tony Collins Jan 14, 2025

Hutsonville Village Board Meets Tonight
(Hutsonville) - The Hutsonville Village Board meets this afternoon. On the agenda, they will set 2025 meeting dates, approve membership dues with the Illinois Municipal League, minutes from the last m...
Tony Collins Jan 14, 2025

LTC Announces 2025 Children's Summer Theater Productions
(Undated) -- The Arts at Lincoln Trail College has announced its 2025 Children's Summer Theater productions. Once again, LTC will have two Children's Summer Theater productions. The youngest cast memb...
Tony Collins Jan 14, 2025

Gas Prices Could Start to Climb Soon
(Undated) - It's been a relatively quiet week for the national average price of gasoline, with little overall movement. According to GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis, Patrick De Haan, while gas pri...
Tony Collins Jan 14, 2025

Get Covered Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace Deadline is Tomorrow
(Undated) - The Open Enrollment for the "Get Covered Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace" deadline is tomorrow. If you are an Illinois resident and do not have health insurance or are currently enro...
Tony Collins Jan 14, 2025

A Brief Warm-up is in Our Forecast
(Undated) - The current forecast from the National Weather Service says we can look forward to a short-lived warm-up this week. The current forecast for the first half of the week says things will rem...
Tony Collins Jan 13, 2025

LTC Announces "Footloose" Auditions
(Undated) -- The Arts at Lincoln Trail College is proud to announce auditions for its spring production of "Footloose." According to LTC Theater Director, Taylor Dahlberg, audition participants will b...
Tony Collins Jan 13, 2025

Gas Prices Slip Lower Over the Weekend
(Undated) - The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded has fallen three cents from Friday. According to this morning's numbers from GasBuddy.com, the national average has fallen to $3.03 a ...
Tony Collins Jan 13, 2025

Red Cross to Host Drive in Hutsonville Today
(Undated) - The American Red Cross says recent winter weather has caused the cancelation of more than 300 blood drives, resulting in more than 8,000 blood donations going uncollected so far this year....
Tony Collins Jan 13, 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