Category Archives: Local News

According to a press release from MPD, Mattoon Police arrested Everett D. Vandyke, 54 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Possession of Methamphetamine. The arrest occurred on 5/19/2018 at 10:...

Lincoln Foundation Turns To GoFundMe To Save Lincoln History (Springfield, IL) -- Managers at Abraham Lincoln's foundation are looking to borrow a page from vacationers and brides-to-be. The Lincoln f...

Southern Illinois Water Flowing Again, Local Communities Not Ready Yet (Rend Lake, IL) -- The water is once again flowing in southern Illinois, but local communities aren't ready to lift their boil or...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois, including the following counties: Champaign-Clark-Clay-Coles-Crawford-Cumberland-Douglas-Edgar- Effingha...

Accused Dixon School Shooter's Mom Complains Of Bullying (Dixon, IL) -- The mother of the accused school shooter in northwestern Illinois says the school ignored her son's troubles before he brought a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   June 4, 2018   MATTOON - A Madcap Puppets production performance of Rumpelstiltskin is set for 1:15 p.m. Wednesday (June 6th) at the Mattoon Public Library. Madcap Pu...

Two people were injured in an ATV accident Saturday afternoon in Jasper County. According to the Illinois State Police, a four-wheeler driven by 18-year-old Cole Horner, of Dundas, with a 16-year-old ...

A fundraiser for the Shelby County Dive Team will be held this Saturday (5/26) at Wade's Quality Meats in Shelbyville. They'll be grilling bacon hamburgers, pork burgers, brat burgers, quarter-pound h...

The 10th annual Windsor Harvest Picnic 5K will take place on August 18, 2018. Registration is at 7:00 a.m. and the run begins at 7:30. Entry fee is $20 for adults, $15 for children 11-17 and $10 for c...

The 10th annual Chris Barker Memorial Tractor Drive and Show will be June 10th starting at TGM Elevator in Windsor. Sign-in begins at 7:30 a.m. and the drive takes off at 8:30. All makes of tractors a...