Category Archives: Local News

(Santa Barbara, CA) -- Actor Tab Hunter is dead at the age of 86. Hunter was the 1950s teenage heartthrob who played Joe Hardey in the "Damn Yankees!" movie. He passed away last night. Hunter's partne...

Starbucks Getting Rid Of Plastic Straws In All Stores (Undated) -- Starbucks is getting rid of plastic straws. The coffeehouse giant announced today it will phase out plastic straws from all its locat...

Report: US Made Threats Over Breast Feeding (Geneva) -- Reports are surfacing about a U.S. effort to weaken a World Health Assembly resolution in support of breast feeding being best for babies, inste...

Tragedies accompany state's triumphs SPRINGFIELD - A president's death, the Great Chicago Fire and the deadliest tornado in American history top the list of Illinois' most heartbreaking moments, as ch...

Volunteers are still need for Mattoon Bagelfest. Parents and children are encouraged to volunteer and certificates will be given for Middle School and High School students designating their service ho...

A Brownstown man was injured in an accident yesterday in Fayette County. According to the Illinois State Police, 22-year-old Eric Gurtner was southbound on County Road 1200 East, near Bluff City, when...

Reports: 8th Boy Rescued From Thailand Cave (Chiang Rai, Thailand) -- There are reports that eight boys have now been brought out of a flooded cave in Thailand. Divers rescued four boys yesterday, mor...

The investigation continues into the death of a Watson man. According to the Effingham County Coroner's Office, 28-year-old Zachery Watts was dropped off by a friend at the emergency room at St. Antho...

Hall of Fame nominations for the Mattoon Letterman's Club are due by July 24th. Nominees must have been graduated from Mattoon High School for at least 10-years and have lettered in a varsity sport. N...

The next Charleston Carnegie Public Library Little Wheels Play Date will be held on Wednesday, July 18th from 10:30 - 11:30 in the south end of the Library parking lot. Please bring your scooters, bik...