Category Archives: Local News

Breakfast with Santa will be held at the Hearts Rock Caf at Effingham High School from 7:00-11:00 a.m. on December 1st. Meals are $6.00 for adults; $4.00 for kids aged 3-12; and kids 2 and under eat f...

St. John's Lutheran Church of Dieterich invites you to breakfast this Sunday (11/11) from 7:00 a.m. to noon. They'll be serving ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, breads and f...

Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 445 AM CST Thu Nov 8 2018 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061-091200- Cass-Champaign-Christian-Coles-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Fulton-Knox...

The University Of Illinois Wants 16-Percent Funding Boost (Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois wants more than two-thirds of a billion-dollars from the state of Illinois next year. The Champaign...

Illinois AFM Outbreak Now At 16 Cases (Springfield, IL) -- Public health managers in Illinois say more people are sick with a polio-like disease. The Illinois Department of Public Health yesterday sai...

Voting For Illinois' Top Leaders This Week At IllinoisTop200.Com (Springfield, IL) -- While Illinois voters chose the state's next leaders on Tuesday, bicentennial voters in the state have till midday...

Democrat Concedes In Central Illinois Race For Congress (Springfield, IL) -- Rodney Davis is heading back to Congress. Davis ended Tuesday with a slight lead in the race against Democrat Betsy Londrig...

UPDATED: Former Marine ID'd As Gunman In Southern Calif Bar Shooting (Thousand Oaks, CA) -- A former Marine with a troubled history is identified as the gunman in a mass shooting at a Southern Califor...

Leaf collection in the City of Mattoon will begin Monday, November 12th and conclude on December 21st. Leaves must be in 30-gallon paper yard waste bags. They must be placed within 10-feet of the curb...

The Mattoon American Legion's monthly quarter auction will benefit Christmas baskets for local veterans and their families. The auction will be November 15th, with doors opening at 5:30 and bidding wi...