Category Archives: Local News

Tickets are still available for Mattoon High School Project Graduation's raffle. Tickets are $100.00 each, with a chance to win a 2018 Hyundai Accent G.L.S, or $11,000 cash. Dozens of other consolatio...

(Washington, DC) -- A federal judge is ordering the Trump administration to resume accepting new DACA applicants. The judge rejected the administration's claim that the Obama-era program protecting im...

Tuesday, April 24th and while a few games were postponed due to wet field conditions, still plenty of action on the ball diamonds tonight. Check out some area finals below... High School Baseball: FIN...

"Schoolhouse Rock!" Composer Dies (Mt. Bethel, PA) -- The musician behind many of the great "Schoolhouse Rock!" songs is dead. Bob Dorough passed away Monday at the age of 94. Dorough may not be a hou...

Sarah Bush Lincoln Among the Safest in the Nation Illinois is home to 37 of the safest hospitals in the nation, according to a new report from a national nonprofit healthcare ratings organization. And...

Governor Rauner makes it official: HANNOVER MESSE coming to Chicago this fall HANOVER, Germany (Apr. 24, 2018) - Governor Bruce Rauner made it official today. HANNOVER MESSE, the world-renowned trade ...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the fourth death connected to synthetic cannabinoid use. The most recent death was a woman in her 30s in central Illinois. Tw...

(EFFINGHAM, IL) - HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that the St. Hildegard von Bingen Schola and sister choir Le Petite Flamme will present their spring concert Sunday, May 6...

Lake Land College and LSC Communications are offering a nine-week fast track training program leading to a job at the printing facility in Mattoon. The unique training program is the first of its kind...

Illinois' Unpaid Bills Cost Taxpayers Over A Billion Dollars (Springfield, IL) -- The price tag for the state of Illinois' inability to pay its bills is now over a billion dollars. A number of news ou...