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If you missed Chad Baker's news at 6:32am, 7:32am and 8:32am, click on the link below to hear what you missed....... more >>
11/21/09Start the holiday cheer with the Lake Land College Community Choir
The Lake Land College Community Choir will present a holiday concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22 in the Lake Land College Theatre.... more >>
11/20/09Illinois Launches Hospital Report Card Website
The Illinois Department of Health has created an online database where residents can get information and ratings on local hospitals.... more >>
11/20/09Teens Reportedly Confess To Vandalism Spree
A trio of high school seniors is now likely looking at felony charges for what they might have thought was a senior prank. School... more >>
11/20/09Central Illinois Man Charged With Brutal Sex Crime
A convicted sex offender could spend up to three decades behind bars if he is convicted on charges of forcibly sodomizing his live-in... more >>
11/20/09Hidden Boy Family Not Guilty Plea
The case of a family charged with hiding a boy at the center of a divorce case is headed for another court date early next year.... more >>
11/20/09Still Concerns at Tamms Despite Improvements
Although things are improving at Tamms Supermax Correctional Center, there is still some concern that those employed there are overworked. ... more >>
11/20/09Time to Salt is Near
Time to pass the salt and get ready to spread it on the road! The Illinois Department of Transportation, in its annual winter driving... more >>
11/20/09How will Pontiac be affected by Thomson Decision?
If Thomson Prison is sold the federal government, what is the future of the Pontiac Correctional Facility, which was threatened to... more >>
11/20/09$3 billion Oakland coal plant project on hold
American Clean Coal Fuels is still hoping to build a $3 billion dollar coal-based transportation fuel plant near Oakland, but the... more >>
11/20/09Consolidated Communications closing Effingham Communication Center
Consolidated Communications announced today it will be closing its Effingham Communication Center on January 15, 2010. The employees... more >>
11/20/09Illinois unemployment rate continues to rise
New figures show the state's unemployment rate is still rising. The Department of Employment Security says Octobers seasonally-adjusted... more >>
11/20/09Winfrey announcing end of The Oprah Winfrey Show
Oprah Winfrey is expected to officially announce that her powerhouse daytime television show will end its 25-season run in 2011. Her... more >>
11/20/09Winfrey announcing end of The Oprah Winfrey Show
Oprah Winfrey is expected to officially announce that her powerhouse daytime television show will end its 25-season run in 2011. Her... more >>
11/20/09Schillerstrom to Quinn: Address Security, Elevate Debate
Bob Schillerstrom on Wednesday asked Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to convene a Special Session of the General Assembly as soon as... more >>
11/19/09No Prison Relief For Jon White
Convicted child molester Jon White has lost a bid to reduce his sentence. White is serving 60 years in prison after pleading guilty... more >>
11/19/09Cops: Both Peoria County Escapees Back In Jail
Authorities have arrested the second inmate who escaped the Peoria County Jail after a day and a half of searching. Forty-four-year-old... more >>
11/19/09February Date Set For First Beason Murder Trial
One of the two brothers accused in the killings of a Beason family will wait until at least early 2010 to stand trial for the murders.... more >>
11/19/09Hare Supports Thomson for Gitmo Detainees
Another Democrat is coming out in favor of the idea of transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Illinois mostly empty Thomson Correctional... more >>
11/19/09Environment Illinois Releases New Report
The group Environment Illinois is touting its new report as proof that the state, and the nation, should be focused on renewable... more >>
11/19/09Mattoon to get a $20 Million Hotel and Convention Center
Big news for Mattoon and all of Coles County Ground will be broken next month to start work on a $20 million hotel and convention... more >>
11/19/09Bus driver contract talks
Still no finalized contract agreement has been made between the transportation company and bus drivers for the Charleston School... more >>
11/19/09Lake Shelbyville areas closed for work
Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be closing the road across the dam at Lake Shelbyville from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. And... more >>
11/19/09Grant allows police to start area DUI patrols
The Illinois Department of Transportation has given the Charleston Police Department a grant of $14,000 that will allow them to conduct... more >>
11/19/09New state automobile law changes window-tinting restrictions
A new state law allows you to drive with darker tinted windows. We've had a lot of questions about it and a lot of people are... more >>
11/19/09Report projects soaring obesity by 2018 in IL, US
A new obesity report has some sobering estimates for Illinois and the rest of the nation. If current trends continue, about 43... more >>
11/19/09AAA expects more people traveling for Thanksgiving
AAAs holiday travel forecast shows more Americans will be driving over the Thanksgiving holiday instead of flying. Last year, in... more >>
11/18/09Senator Durbin Defends Incarcerating Gitmo Prisoners In Illinois
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois is defending a proposal to move some Guantanamo detainees to a maximum-security prison in a... more >>
11/18/09One Of Two Peoria County Jail Escapees Captured
The vehicle believed stolen by one of two men who escaped from the Peoria County Jail has been recovered by authorities. Authorities... more >>
11/18/09U Of I Grad Instructors Strike Tentative Deal
The University of Illinois reached a tentative agreement yesterday with striking graduate instructors. Teaching assistants began... more >>
11/18/09Poshard Chooses Cheng as New Chancellor at SIU-C
A woman with financial expertise and academic experience will head Southern Illinois University Carbondale beginning next year. ... more >>
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