Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Illinois State Police to Conduct Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement Patrols EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the IS...

For Immediate Release Lake Land College offers Dance Classes Lake Land College is offering a series of dance classes in Mattoon and Effingham from January to May. Five different dance styles will be o...

For Immediate Release Douglas-Hart Foundation to operate EIU's Whiteside Garden (Charleston, IL) - Former Eastern Illinois University professor Dr. Wesley Whiteside dedicated his life to the study of ...

A drive-thru Nativity will be held tonight (12/7) through Sunday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the northeast corner of Fairview Park in Casey. Cookies, coffee and hot chocolate will be available.

The Mattoon Masonic Lodge's annual soup supper is tomorrow (12/8) from 4:00-7:00 p.m. The meal includes ham and beans or chili, plus corn bread, dessert and drink. Tickets are $6.00 for adults and $4....

Tickets are still available for the David Elzy Memorial Tournament Gun Raffle. You could win a Taurus Judge 45/410 with two-and-a-half-inch barrel. You can reserve tickets at 217-369-2305, or buy at t...

For Immediate Release 'Hope Quilt' to be Displayed at Horizon Health (Paris, Ill.)-Members of the Cancer Friendship Group at Horizon Health display the "Hope Quilt," a community project that represent...

For Immediate Release Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Hosts 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Ceremony SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs (IDVA) hosted a Pearl Harbor ...

The Douglas County Animal Shelter is having a pet food and toy drive. Blankets and water bowls are also being accepted, as are monetary donations. Please drop off items between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m....

Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library in Sullivan (IL) is offering you a chance to renew your driver's license or vehicle registration renewal sticker, o...