Two weather advisories issued for East Central Illinois
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Ford and Iroquois Counties from 3am Tuesday morning through midnight Tuesday night. Light snow is expected to develop Monday...
View ArticleBusiness roundup: Supervalu switches up management
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu's new CEO, Sam Duncan, on Monday named new presidents to head up the company's Save-A-Lot hard-discount grocery chain and the Shop 'n Save regional chain.He also announced three...
View ArticleTruck driver injured in I-74 crash
UPDATED 6:20 p.m.MANSFIELD — A 49-year-old truck driver from Mattoon was injured in a crash Thursday in Mansfield.According to a state police release, Mark A. King was driving a semitrailer truck north...
View ArticleUI staffer objects to mass email; Davis' office says message was approved by...
CHAMPAIGN — A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, said that a mass email sent to thousands of residents of the 13th Congressional District last week had been approved by the House...
View ArticlePiatt voters will have advisory say on rural lot size
MONTICELLO — Should Piatt County reduce the 20-acre minimum required for home-building on agricultural land? Voters will get a chance to chime in on this issue through an April 9 advisory referendum....
View ArticleWoman dies in Piatt County crash
La PLACE — One woman died and a second was injured as a result of a two-vehicle collision in southwestern Piatt County Thursday morning.Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup said Jorden Austin, 20,...
View ArticleWinter storm watch issued for East Central Illinois
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for all of East Central Illinois except Ford and Iroquois counties from late Saturday through Monday morning.Ford and Iroquois counties are...
View ArticleFirst Mid leaders get raises
MATTOON — The top management of First Mid-Illinois Bancshares got salary increases ranging from 3 percent to 10.8 percent last year, the company disclosed in its proxy statement this month.But those...
View ArticleDavis criticizes nature of sequestration cuts
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis said Wednesday that he believes the Obama administration has enacted so-called "sequestration" budget cuts for maximum political impact.read more
View ArticleTom Kacich: Legislators use trivial issues to prove their autonomy
For some members of Congress, especially those in "swing" districts that are neither overwhelmingly Republican nor Democratic, it's important to show their independence from their party leadership.read...
View ArticlePiatt County board sells Annex
The Piatt County Board on Friday sold its former annex building to a local businessman.The 14,000-square-foot annex, empty since county offices moved to the former Kirby Hospital site a year ago, was...
View ArticleBlue Ridge won't have varsity football this fall
MANSFIELD — Big changes will be taking place for the Blue Ridge High School football team in the fall.Because of to the low numbers of students (especially juniors and seniors) who have committed to...
View ArticleRockford woman charged with felonies in Douglas County
TUSCOLA — A Rockford woman who led police on a high-speed chase last week across seven counties in East Central Illinois was charged this week with four felonies and a misdemeanor.read more
View ArticlePiatt County election results April 9, 2013
Results from contested races in Piatt County:√ indicates apparent winner.read more
View ArticleUpdate: Severe thunderstorm watch issued for the area
UPDATED 11:40 p.m. WednesdayThe National Weather Service has canceled a severe thunderstorm warning for southern Champaign County, eastern Douglas County, northern Edgar County and southern Vermilion...
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