Category Archives: Local News

Early bird registration is open for fall soccer at the Mattoon Area Family YMCA. It's open to kids 4 to 14-years-old. Cost is $25 for members and $45 for non-members. Prices will increase by $10 after...

(Rock Island, IL) -- Two people are dead and five injured after a large tree branch fell during a fireworks show in Illinois. Rock Island County Sheriff Gerald Bustos says the people were sitting near...

Gary Coffey, a farmer in Ashmore, was named the 2018 Farmer of the Year Tuesday night before the Lonestar concert at Morton Park in Charleston. In an article from the JG-TC, Coffey started working on ...

(Pleasant Hope, MO) -- Firefighters in Missouri are working an explosion at a fireworks warehouse. The blast happened at the AM Pyrotechnics plant in Pleasant Hope, about 20 miles north of Springfield...

Mattoon Police arrested Michael A. Wilson, 40 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Theft. The arrest occurred on 7/2/18 at 11pm at the Mattoon Police Department. The charge alleges that through...

According to a press release from MPD, Mattoon Police arrested Curtis T. McDowell, 35 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Possession of Methamphetamine. The arrest occurred on 07/02/18 at 5:44...

Mattoon Police arrested Robert E. Everett, 58 years of age and homeless in Mattoon, for the offense of Criminal Trespass to Property. The arrest occurred on 07/01/2018 at 10:26pm in the 2000 block of ...

For Immediate Release - From the Governor's Office SPRINGFIELD (July 3, 2018) - Gov. Bruce Rauner welcomed WWII veteran Sidney Walton to the state capitol today, helping the 99-year-old advance his "N...

According to a MPD press release, Mattoon Police arrested George W. Titus, 56 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Possession of Methamphetamine. The arrest occurred on 6/30/2018 at 12:49am in ...

Washington Savings Bank PRESS RELEASE 07/18 - 2018 Illinois Bank Community Service Awards Effingham and Mattoon Washington Savings Bank was awarded with the 2018 Illinois Bank Community Service Award ...