Category Archives: Local News

(Washington, DC) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people who take medication for type 2 diabetes that some medication is being linked to a serious genital infection. The FDA said th...

(Undated) -- The nation's unemployment lines are a little longer. The Labor Department reports today that 213-thousand Americans filed first-time claims for jobless benefits last week. That's three-th...

Thursday, August 30th and tonight some area Volleyball and Soccer action. Check out area finals below! High School Volleyball: Altamont defeats Casey-Westfield: 22-25, 25-20, 25-13 Cerro Gordo defeats...

Mattoon is losing two businesses. Super Jumbo Buffet at the Cross County Mall will close after tomorrow. They say there are no plans to relocate. Meanwhile, one of the most established businesses in t...

The Village of Brownstown has received a very nice gift. Congressman John Shimkus announced a USDA Rural Development Grant of $40,000 to purchase a new John Deere backhoe-loader. The grant comes a gre...

For Immediate Release Lake Land College Agriculture Graduates Receive National Scholarship Three of five students in the nation to receive a prestigious scholarship from the AJSA were students that re...

They'll cut the ribbon Friday (8/31) at noon at Culture, the new self-serve frozen yogurt shop in Mattoon. The Mattoon Chamber of Commerce invites you join them in welcoming the new shop to town. Cult...

For Immediate Release SPRINGFIELD - The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has singled out the Illinois Department of Transportation's Chicago-St. Louis passenger rail ...

Restaurant Was Not Allowed To Hold Event Where Mass Shooting Took Place (Jacksonville, FL) -- It turns out that the Jacksonville video game tournament where a deadly mass shooting occurred last Sunday...

Former youth basketball coach Barry Wolfe appeared before a judge yesterday to withdraw his guilty plea. Wolfe, who was sentenced to 60-years in prison for sexually assaulting two of his former player...