Category Archives: Local News

The Mattoon American Legion Auxiliary's quarter auction will be tomorrow (10/18). Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the bidding will begin at 6:30. Twenty-plus vendors will be on hand with a variety of item...

The Mattoon City Council voted to remove the position of assistant fire chief last night. Current assistant chief Sean Junge will be moved to shift captain. The move also means a cut in pay of approxi...

For Immediate Release Six Champaign-Urbana Residents Diagnosed with Legionnaires' Disease CHAMPAIGN - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reports that six Illinois residents from Champaign...

Nearly Half Of U.S. Births Outside Marriage (Undated) -- Nearly half the babies born in the U.S. are born to people who aren't married. That's according to a new United Nations report whose authors sa...

UPDATED: First Lady's Plane Returns To Airport After Smoke Detected (Joint Base Andrews, MD) -- First Lady Melania Trump's plane is back at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland smoke was detected. The Air F...

Report: Tornado Alley Is Shifting East (DeKalb, IL) -- Tornado Alley may be shifting east. A new study says over the past 40 years, the number of tornadoes has decreased in the southern and central Pl...

Illinois Election Leaders Promise Safe Election This Year (Chicago, IL) -- After the 2016 hack, Illinois' election managers are promising to keep voter data safe this time around. IllinoisState Board ...

SIU Administrators Promise To Continue Former Chancellor's Reorganization (Carbondale, IL) -- Administrators at Southern Illinois University's Carbondale campus are promising to continue their former ...

U Of I Inching Closer To New Mascot (Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois is inching closer to a new mascot. It won't be Chief Illiniwek or anything close to the Chief, but the school's campus se...

Illinois One Of 22 States In AFM Outbreak (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois is not alone in battling a mysterious, polio-like illness. The CDC yesterday said 22 states across the country are dealing with ...