Category Archives: Local News

Faced with a $1.5 million price tag to fix a deteriorating water plant, the Windsor City County has chosen to buy from an outside source. Members voted in favor of negotiating with EJ Water. EJ and Mo...

A rollover crash slowed things down around milepost 237 on I57 yesterday. A tractor-trailer driven by David Morgan, of Knightstown, Indiana was on the ramp from I-74 west to I-57 north. Due to excessi...

Registration for dodge ball at the Mattoon Area Family YMCA ends March 5th. Open to grade schoolers, the game is played with safe, foam balls on Monday nights. Cost is $35.00, and all players will be ...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library will be hosting the 3rd Annual March of the Stuffed Animals on March 15 at 10:30, 1:15, or 5:30. Kids can bring their favorite plushie to show off. The parades w...

(Chicago, IL) -- This week, state lawmakers will take up a package of gun control reforms filed both before and after the Florida school shooting massacre. Among the measures up for votes will be bill...

(Washington, DC) -- Vice President Mike Pence is now a Sagamore of the Wabash. It's one of the Indiana's highest honors, usually given by the Governor to those who have given distinguished service to ...

On Monday, February 26th, a commercial motor vehicle crash occurred along I-74, Eastbound, at milepost 178.5. Preliminary details from Illinois State Police District 10 indicate Lena Spires, 41, of Be...

Girls' High School Super-Sectional Basketball: Tonight the Effingham Flaming Hearts play in the Elite 8 and a chance to advance to the State Tournament this weekend: Class 3A: FINAL: Breese Central 37...

A call about a domestic dispute turned out to be more than officers expected. Police said an Atwood couple - 48-year-old Corey Larimore and 35-year-old Angel Sherber were arguing when Sherber texted a...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - The 2018 Illinois Spring Trout fishing season is just a few weeks away. Anglers will need both a fishing license and an Inland Trout Stamp to participate, unless they are under the a...