Category Archives: Local News

Entries are being accepted for the Junior Miss and Miss Shelby County pageants. Junior contestants need to be between 11 and 14, and have completed 6th, 7th or 8th grade. The Miss Shelby County contes...

The National Weather Service has issued this Hazardous Weather Outlook for Champaign-Coles-Douglas-Edgar-Moultrie-Piatt-Shelby and Vermilion counties. Widely scattered thunderstorms will be possible t...

A new dog park is a step closer to reality in Mattoon. The city council gave the go-ahead last night to designate an area west of Williams Elementary School. No word on a timeline for the opening of t...

MuseFest, the local arts and music festival held on the historic Charleston square, is looking for vendors and musicians! If you'd like to be a part of this annual event on June second, all it costs i...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library will be hosting Books and Babies, a special one-day program celebrating Mother's Day on Thursday, May 10th at 10:30-11:00am in the Craft Room. Children ages 0-36...

(San Jose, CA) -- Facebook will be rolling out a new privacy control feature. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the "Clear History" feature at the company's F8 developer conference in San Jose to...

Three were transported to an area hospital following a personal injury traffic crash along I-74, westbound, at milepost 189 in Champaign County the morning of Tuesday, May 1, 2018. According to prelim...

(Silver Springs, MD) -- Companies that make e-cigarette liquid look like candy are being targeted by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA sent 13 warning letters to companies that make the produc...

Tuesday, May 1st! Was a beautiful day outside, which means plenty of local sports action! Check out area finals in baseball, softball and Soccer below! High School Baseball: FINAL: Carlinville 16, Pan...

A two vehicle fatal collision occurred Monday, April 30th along I-72, westbound, at milepost 180 in Champaign County. Preliminary investigation from Illinois State Police District 10 indicates a Cadil...