Category Archives: Local News

The Cornbelt Shrine Club's Queen of Hearts drawing has grown to nearly $210,000 for this Friday. The winner gets half and the other half goes to Shriner's Children's Hospital. In addition, the Charles...

For Immediate Release New Store - 11 for $10 - Signs on as the Next Tenant of the Cross County Mall 11 for $10, the fast-paced, online dollar store, plans to open a physical location in the Cross Coun...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is reminding individuals and organizations sponsoring fireworks displays in Illinois to be sure their fireworks vendor has the req...

Lake Land College is proud to announce that nearly 3,000 full-time and part-time students earned academic honors for the 2018 spring semester. To qualify for the president's list, a student must have ...

CHICAGO (June 26, 2018) -Illinois Bicentennial Officials and Commissioners announced today the preliminary details of Illinois' 200th birthday celebration to be held at the United Center on December 3...

According to a MPD press release, Mattoon Police arrested Zaria M. Jones, 21 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Retail Theft. The arrest occurred on 6/25/18 at 3:12pm at the Mattoon Police De...

According to a press release from MPD, Mattoon Police arrested James Silas, 42 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Aggravated Battery. The arrest occurred on 6/25/18 at 7:43am in the 500 block...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EFFINGHAM, IL - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt would like to remind motorists to drive sober or designate a driver while celebrating ove...

SPRINGFIELD - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will take people back to the earliest days of Illinois with special events July 11 and 12 as part of the state bicentennial celebratio...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Springfield, IL - State Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) issued the following statement in response the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against a California state law that would have requ...