Category Archives: Local News

According to the Mattoon Police Department, Mattoon Police arrested Lucas V. Ferguson, 31 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Domestic Battery. The arrest occurred on 3/24/18 at 8:15pm at Matt...

The threat of violence at North Clay has led to the expulsion of another student. The North Clay Board of Education voted last night to expel a third student for two-years, but held the expulsion in a...

Summer internships are available at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Mattoon. Available volunteer positions are: Junior counselor internship, and conservation crew internship. Must be at least 13-years-o...

A vendor fair to benefit the Nathaniel Sarver Memorial Scholarships will be held on April 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Mid Illinois Senior Services in Shelbyville. In addition to more than thir...

The kids' chess club will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and adult chess club will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. on March 31st at the Mattoon Public Library. If you love to play, or would like to lear...

The newly formed Cumberland County American Legion Baseball Program will be having tryouts on April 8th. Junior tryouts (13-17 year olds) will be at 2:00, and senior (18 and 19 year olds) tryouts will...

Starting this fall, Lake Land College will begin offering a new hybrid version of the Medical Assistant program. The new version allows students to take all their courses online and only come to campu...

The Mattoon Green Wave will play Rochester May 20th at Busch Stadium, following the Cardinals-Phillies game. Tickets are $40 each and include a hot dog and soda. Reserve tickets by calling 238-7826.

The application deadline is fast approaching for the Coles-Cumberland Bar Association's scholarship program. This year they will be awarding one or more $1,000 scholarships to area students. For an ap...

(Monroe County, PA) -- Punxsutawney Phil is wanted by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office in eastern Pennsylvania. Phil, America's top weather predicting groundhog, has a warrant out for his arrest aft...