Category Archives: Local News

Bids are being accepted for a three-bedroom home that will be constructed by the 2018-2019 Mattoon High School Building Trades class. The home will be constructed at 309 Woodgate Lane in the Briarwick...

For Immediate Release ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ENCOURAGE SAFE DRIVING HABITS FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND EFFINGHAM, IL - The Labor Day weekend signifies the end of the summer and the last chance for people to ...

For Immediate Release (Paris, Ill.)-The Oakland Clinic, a service of Horizon Health, is now providing required medical exams for motorists who possess a commercial driver's license (CDL). Casey Anders...

The Lake Land College Dental Hygiene Clinic is now accepting patients for dental cleanings and x-ray images. Appointment times are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 1-5 p.m. and Wednesday 1-4 p.m. and...

A tractor-trailer caught fire yesterday (Monday) morning on I-57 near the Watson-Mason interchange. According to reports, the call came in at 1:30am from the driver alerting firefighters of flames com...

Sonoma County Wine Bus Driver Gets Arrested For DUI (Healdsburg, CA) -- A van driver hauling tourists through California's Sonoma County wine country is facing DUI charges. The CHP says the busload of...

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING for Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morg...

A Mattoon man was sentenced to 3 years in prison for indecent solicitation of a child. Authorities say 44-year-old Thomas Patton admitted contacting a 14-year-old boy online to solicit sex. Patton use...

Western Illinois Congresswoman: President Trump Hasn't Helped Farmers (Galesburg, IL) -- Western Illinois' congresswoman says candidate Donald Trump promised to help America's farmers, but President D...

Southern Illinois Firefighter Facing Felony Sex Charges (Benton, IL) -- A southern Illinois firefighter is looking at felony sex charges after prosecutors say he tried to take someone who is underage ...