Category Archives: Local News

According to a press release from MPD, Mattoon Police arrested Melissa A. Wheatley, 47 years of age of Charleston, IL, for the offenses of Driving While License Suspended, and Possession of Drug Parap...

According to a MPD press release, Mattoon Police arrested Gregory A. Childers, 37 years of age of Gays, IL, for an active warrant for his arrest out of Moultrie County for Possession of a Stolen Motor...

According to a press release from MPD, Mattoon Police arrested Dallas T. Dunn, 36 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Aggravated Battery. The arrest occurred on 3/18/18 at 8:00pm in the 300 bl...

According to a Mattoon Police Department press release, Mattoon Police arrested Krista E. Shook, 43 years of age of Mattoon, for the offenses of Possession of Methamphetamine, and Driving while Licens...

According to a MPD Press Release, Mattoon Police arrested Lee A. Hearns, 28 years of age of Mattoon, for the offenses of Aggravated Battery and Resisting a Police Officer. The arrest occurred on 03/19...

According to a press release, the East Central Illinois Drug Task Force, along with the Mattoon Police Department, and the Coles County Crisis Response Team, arrested Daniel T. Cook, 29 years of age o...

Springfield, IL - This August, Ag Director Raymond Poe and State Fair Manager Luke Sailer are proud to welcome rock legends Foreigner and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts to the Illinois Lottery Grands...

SPRINGFIELD - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will celebrate the Illinois bicentennial with a special exhibit exploring the lives and accomplishments of the four U.S. presidents wh...

Springfield, IL - The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) is accepting nominations for the 2018 Senior Illinoisans Hall of Fame Awards. These awards recognize adults, 65 years of age and older, and hi...

A Cowden-Herrick Grade School student has been expelled for the rest of the school year and all of next year. The action comes after the 13-year-old boy sent a social media post to another student thr...