Area News

  COUNTRYSIDE, IL — Snout, a financing solution that bridges the capital gap for primary wellness and routine care between veterinarians and pet owners, today announced a partnership with Countryside Veterinary Service to offer its financing solutions to pet owners from across Christian, Sangamon, and Macon Counties. This partnership demonstrates Countryside Veterinary Services’ commitment to…

Champaign, IL—The Champaign-Urbana area will host the Illinois Middle School Basketball Championships for the fourth time this March 21–23, 2025. 184 boys and girls’ teams representing 4th–8th grade in club and school divisions will compete for the championship at University of Illinois Campus Recreation’s Activities & Recreation Center (ARC), the Champaign Park District’s Leonhard Center…

     Decatur City Manager Tim Gleason is announcing Neil Elder as the next Chief of the Decatur Fire Department. Elder has been with DFD for 20 years and previously served as Deputy Fire Chief of Operations. He succeeds Jeff Abbott who retires after 10 years leading the department.      “I am excited to promote Neil and am…

Matt Snyder has recently been appointed by the St. Teresa High School Board of Directors to the position of St. Teresa High School Principal for the 2025-2026 school year with an official start date of July 1, 2025. He is replacing Larry Daly as the Principal, who has recently taken the position of Central A&M…

The Macon County Health Department is partnering with Aetna Better Health of Illinois to offer a farmers’ market and health fair. It will be held on Wednesday, March 19th from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Macon County Health Department. All Macon County residents are invited to attend. The first 100 attendees will receive a…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) led 159 members of Congress in a letter to President Trump expressing concern over his proposal to fire the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) Board of Governors and merge the Postal Service into the Department of Commerce.      The members write, “Any attempts to privatize the Postal Service…

Flag Commission to Report Findings to General Assembly for Final Decision The public overwhelmingly favors retaining the current state flag, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced following the five-week voting period to consider a redesign of the flag. Voters had the option to choose their favorite design from one of the Illinois Flag Commission’s…

     DECATUR – State Senator Doris Turner State is hosting a mobile DMV event in Decatur, which will give area residents the opportunity to access some DMV services at a location in the community, rather than visiting a typical facility.      “We all know going to the DMV is something you often put on the backburner but…

People can also donate financially on Red Cross Giving Day, March 26, to deliver relief and care in the face of intensifying disasters      The American Red Cross is helping to bridge access to health care for blood donors by providing free A1C testing, commonly used to screen for diabetes and prediabetes, on all successful blood, platelet…