Category Archives: Local News

Today's Tri-County baseball game against Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond has been cancelled. There will be baseball practice in Kansas this afternoon from 4:00-6:00.

Congressman John Shimkus is accepting entries for the 2018 Congressional Art Competition. The contest is open to high school students in the 15th Congressional District. Entries are due by May 4th.The...

Dairyland Donkey Basketball comes to Kansas High School March 29th. The doubleheader donkey extravaganza will start at 6:30 p.m. The show is sponsored by H.O.S.T. (Helping Our Students Together), with...

A brainstorming workshop for the Mattoon bicycling plan will be held April 11th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Burgess Osborne Auditorium. The city and Mattoon In Motion are working together on a city-wid...

A Sullivan teen has been charged with making a terrorist threat against the Sullivan School District. 18-year-old Jalon Warren made his initial court appearance yesterday. The Sullivan Police Departme...

The Denny Anderson Memorial Softball Tournament will be May 19th at Lake Land College. Teams from the Mattoon and Charleston Police and Fire Departments will be playing, along with Den's Gems, some of...

The Strides Against Hunger 5K and one-mile run and walk will be held on April 7th in Arcola. A free breakfast will be served from 7:00-10:00 a.m., and downtown shops will have open houses after the ra...

(Orlando, FL) -- The NFL is expanding its rules for helmet-to-helmet contact. League owners passed the measure Tuesday at the NFL meetings in Orlando, Florida. Players who lower their head to initiate...

On Saturday, March 24th, a fatal traffic crash occurred along Illinois Route 128, northbound, approximately half-a-mile north of Illinois Route 16 in Shelby County. Preliminary details from Illinois S...

Dynamite Days out return to the Mattoon Area Family YMCA March 30th, and April 2nd through the 6th, during Mattoon Unit 2 Spring Break. It's open to Kindergarten through 5th graders. The kids througho...