Panel: Parents must help stop underage drinking Local News

Panel: Parents must help stop underage drinking

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois has launched a new campaign to combat underage drinking. Their targe...

Study finds true cost of Illinois’ prisons State News

Study finds true cost of Illinois’ prisons

A new study finds Illinois spends more on its prison system than it budgets. The New York based...

Illinois Wesleyan drops two at Wheaton Local Sports

Illinois Wesleyan drops two at Wheaton

WHEATON – The Illinois Wesleyan fall out of a first-place tie atop the College Conference of Il...

More News

Fishing is seeing a youth movement

Outdoorsman Jim Crowley says the major influx of high school and college kids getting involved in fishing is the biggest thing to happen to the sport in the last several years. Jim is part of the Illinois...

State’s insurance agency gets new director

CHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed a new director of the Illinois Department of Insurance. Andrew Boron is returning to state government after working as a liaison to the state’s insurance depar...

Killer with Pontiac ties pleads not guilty

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Marine convicted of killing three women in Illinois, including one who was found near Pontiac, has pleaded not guilty to murdering five more women in California. A spokeswoman...

Cardinals near deal with Roy Oswalt

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Cardinals could be close to landing a veteran arm. Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Redbirds are nearing a deal with starting pitcher Roy Oswalt.

Illinois teens jailed in researcher’s beating, robbery

CHAMPAIGN – Two Champaign teenagers have been charged in a robbery and attack on an Australian researcher visiting the University of Illinois. The Champaign News-Gazette reports 17-year-olds Ralph Gray...

Pontiac car museum marks 6-month anniversary

PONTIAC – A popular Pontiac museum is celebrating its six-month anniversary. The Pontiac-Oakland Automobile Museum and Resource Center continues to see a steady stream of visitors, according to museum...

Obama, GOP eye gridlock in weekly addresses

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Republicans used their weekly radio and internet messages to take each other to task over gridlock in Washington. Obama is calling for government reforms to ease...

Coliseum events dominate ‘What’s Going On’

The Fish & Feather Expo – Friday- Sunday; Interstate Center Bloomington; more info Premier League Basketball – Central Illinois Drive vs Sauk Valley Saturday 1pm U.S. Cellular Coliseum; more info