Category Archives: Local News

(Bellevue, WA) -- T-Mobile is being fined 40-million-dollars after being accused of covering up poor cell service with "false rings." The Federal Communications Commission announced the settlement whi...

May 12th will by city-wide clean-up day in Charleston. The city will provide dumpsters at no cost, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the street garage and leaf and limb drop-off sites. Items that will NO...

According to a press release from MPD, Mattoon Police arrested David J. Johnson, 48 years of age of Mattoon, for the offenses of Domestic Battery and Possession of a Controlled Substance. The arrest o...

NEWTON, IL - Thanks to information provided by the public, charges have been filed against two Newton, Illinois teenagers in connection with the illegal shooting of white pelicans at Newton Lake State...

Immaculate Conception Church of Mattoon has sent a request to Bishop Thomas John Paprocki for permission to close St. Mary School due to declining enrollment. According to Father John Titus, no decisi...

ERBA Head Start is a free preschool program and will be taking application for the 2018-2019 school year on April 17th, in Neoga, from noon to 4pm at the Neoga Public Library. Any interested parent sh...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2008 MATTOON - Renowned classical guitarist Peter Fletcher will be performing a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday (April 20, 2018) on the first floor of the Mattoon Public ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is working on I-57, near the overpass at Township Road 157D north of Arcola. One lane will be closed in each direction during construction. Delays should be e...

A Dieterich man faces multiple charges following an accident last night. According to the Illinois State Police, 22-year-old Levi Lidy was southbound on the Dieterich Blacktop when he went off the roa...

Illinois state troopers are on the scene of multiple crashes. Interstate bridge decks are snow/ice covered. Please use caution.