Category Archives: Local News

Dorian Slows Down, Gains Strength (Miami, FL) -- For many in Florida, this will be another day of loading up on food, medicine, fuel, supplies, and cash as Hurricane Dorian storms toward the Sunshine ...

Fallen Trooper's Husband Keeps Her Legacy Alive (Stockton, IL) -- Fallen Illinois State Trooper Brooke Jones-Story's husband is keeping her legacy alive through an animal rescue. The retired Illinois ...

For Immediate Release Lincoln the inventor The worlds of invention and Lincoln overlap on Sept. 14 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library SPRINGFIELD - Abraham Lincoln was no Thomas Edison or Ale...

According to Illinois State Police, there was a fatal traffic crash that occurred in the early afternoon hours on Thursday in Shelby County. Preliminary investigation details state that a 2000 Buick L...

For Immediate Release Work on Illinois 121 near Toledo begins September 4 TOLEDO - The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that construction on Illinois 121 approximately 1 mile east of To...

Tickets go on sale Friday, August 30 for the 2019 Coles County Clash. This year, the clash is Friday, September 6th at O'Brien Field at EIU. You can get your tickets at the Charleston or Mattoon Athle...

For Immediate Release Lake Land College hosts Athletic Alumni Reunion for Homecoming Lake Land College is inviting all former athletes to a Laker Athletic Alumni Reunion during Laker Homecoming on Fri...

For Immediate Release The Lincoln Heritage Pheasants Forever Young Guns, a local competitive shotgun shooting team practicing at the Charleston Sportsman Club, competed at the Scholastic Clay Target P...

According to the Coles County Treasurer's office, the second installment of Coles County taxes are due by Tuesday, September 3rd. Payments can be mailed if posted marked on for before the due date. Yo...

For Immediate Release SBL Surgery and Neurology Clinics Move Locations With renovations complete, the Sarah Bush Lincoln Surgery Clinic moved to Suite 101 on the west end of the first floor of the Hea...