Local News

• Oktoberfest returns to Gem City for 10th Year
• Carthage receives grant with hopes to increase quality of life in town
• Oktoberfest returns this weekend in Quincy

• CO2 Pipeline topic of discussion at Free Soil Coalition meeting in Carthage
• Clock ticking for Congress: Potential government shutdown looms as fiscal year deadline approaches
• Meet Mira, the 8-month-old Alaskan Klee Kai mix
• House Republicans demand Governor Pritzker address pressing issues in the DCFS

Nation & World

• At least 10 people are dead after church roof collapsed in northern Mexico during Sunday Mass
• Donald Trump faces civil fraud trial in New York over alleged wealth exaggeration claims
• California Gov. Newsom selects Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein Senate seat

• Baltimore police face scrutiny for not alerting public about suspected rapist and arsonist on the loose
• Vehicle trying to pass tanker truck carrying ammonia may have caused deadly crash in Illinois
• Congress passes stopgap funding bill, government shutdown averted
• Deputies: Florida man calls ex-wife to tell her he killed her dog

Sports

• The Flock is Hot: Quincy University Football finds early success
• OVERTIME with Chris Duerr for September 30th
• SPORTS FINAL for September 29th

Hometown Heroes

• Marty Pressey awarded Hometown Hero for positive impact in community
• Dedication to community earns Stephanie Dunker Hometown Hero honors
• Hometown Hero: Kate's Kitties and K9s

Coronavirus

• IDPH relying less on clinical COVID-19 testing and more on wastewater testing
• Illinois Department of Public Health tracking COVID-19 through wastewater
• US going through first increase in COVID since end of national emergency