Category Archives: Local News

Douglas-Hart Nature Center will celebrate the new season with their annual spring festival, March 24th from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The festival will feature a pancake breakfast - buttermilk, blueberry, or...

The Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance is holding a public meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 20th, starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center. The main topic is to discuss u...

High School Baseball: FINAL: Casey-Westfield 15, Martinsville 4 FINAL: Paris 5, Westville 4   High School Softball: FINAL: Maroa-Forsyth 2, Okaw Valley 1 FINAL: Shelbyville 15, Arcola 6 FINAL: Tu...

(Manchester, NH) -- President Trump says the U.S. must get much tougher on drugs. In New Hampshire today, Trump said he wants the death penalty for some drug dealers. Laying out his new opioid strateg...

A former Mattoon man pleaded guilty to federal charges of defrauding banks for more than $500,000. Officials say 75-year-old Alfred Cross, who now lives in Kinmundy, admitted to five counts of fraud a...

According to a press release from the Douglas County Sheriff's Department facebook page, three people arrested on Trafficking a Controlled Substance and Possession with Intent to Deliver 100-400 grams...

Your child is invited to visit the Altamont Lutheran Interparish School kindergarten classroom for a taste of what they will experience this fall. Kindergarten orientation is set for Thursday, April 1...

SPRINGFIELD - Three companies with deep agricultural roots were named the top businesses in Illinois history as part of the Illinois Top 200 project. Archer Daniels Midland Co., which helps feed the w...

The Cooks Mills volunteer firefighters' annual pancake and sausage breakfast is this Saturday from 6:00-10:00 a.m. It's all-you-can-eat for just $5.00. In addition, the breakfast will kick off their g...

Authorities in Christian County are searching for the suspect in an early morning shooting in Taylorville. 43-year-old Lee Wayne Kennedy is suspected of shooting three people, including a 13-year-old ...