Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources invites deer hunters, landowners, and others interested in deer management to attend public meetings regarding potential changes in archery deer hunting re...

Take your workout outside. June 21st is International Yoga Day, and the Mattoon Area Family YMCA will have certified instructors at local parks that day. Sunrise yoga will be offered from 5:30-6:15 a....

The Illinois State Police and the American Legion will host the 46th Annual American Legion Youth Police Camp at Camp Lincoln in Springfield, June 24th through 29th. 14 to 16-year-olds will discover c...

The Alex Russell Memorial Fishing Derby is this Saturday (6/9) at Lake Charleston. Check-in will be at 8:00 a.m., and the kids will fish from 8:30-10:00. It's open to 5 to 15-year-olds, and it's free....

Each year, Common Links of Mattoon sponsors the Lil' Miss Firecracker and Lil' Mr. Skyrocket fundraiser. The kids and their families collect votes in the form of pennies. All participants will be hono...

The next Land of Lincoln Honor Flight will depart Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport on June 19th. On board will be one World War II veteran, 12 Korean War veteran, and 70 Vietnam era veterans. Area comm...

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site will demonstrate 19th century cooking this Saturday (6/9) from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. You can learn about the seasonality of ingredients back in the day, alon...

This Saturday, June 9th, The "Walk the Plank" bar crawl will be held in Downtown Greenup beginning at 6:00 p.m. This is a 21 and over event which will raise money for the Cumberland Pirates Quarterbac...

(Amherst, MA) -- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are warning that a common ingredient used in toothpaste could be linked to cancer. The chemical, called triclosan, can be found ...

(Boulder, CO) -- New research published in Nature magazine is showing that in the past 70 years, hurricanes have slowed down by about ten percent due to global climate change. This means that storms a...