Category Archives: Local News

Illinois State Board Looks For 47 Thousand Dollar A Year 'Storyteller' (Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois State Board of Education is looking for a 'storyteller' who can help push state lawmakers to sp...

J.B. Pritzker Blames Rauner For Legionnaires At Quincy Vets Home (Quincy, IL) -- The Democratic frontrunner in the race for Illinois governor says Bruce Rauner is to blame the most recent Legionnaires...

Illinois Governor To Deliver State Of The State Today (Springfield, IL) -- All eyes will be on the Illinois Capitol at lunchtime. Governor Bruce Rauner is set to deliver his State of the State speech ...

Advocates, Doctors Push To Raise Illinois' Smoking Age (Springfield, IL) -- There's a push to make it tougher for teens in the state to start smoking. State Rep. Camille Lilly yesterday detailed her p...

Illinois Congressmen React To State Of The Union On Party Lines (Washington, D.C.) -- The reaction to President Trump's first State of the Union is what you'd expect from Illinois' congressmen. The st...

Congressman John Shimkus is once again asking you to participate in his annual "Valentines for Heroes" program. The congressman's district offices will collect valentines for distribution throughout t...

The 34th annual "Cheers" cocktail party and dance comes to the Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham March 3rd. Social hour will begin at 6:00 p.m., followed by dancing and heavy hors d'oeuvres...

A quarter auction to benefit the Mattoon Middle School Flag Corps will be held February 15th from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at the Mattoon American Legion. The auction will feature twenty plus vendors with a wid...

Pesotum, Il. (01/30/18) - The Illinois State Police (ISP), assisted by the Champaign Police Department, conducted an Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) Bar ID Check detail during the late evenin...

The Mattoon Class of 2018 Project Graduation will be hosting a fundraiser tomorrow, Wednesday, January 31st at El Vaquero. All day El Vaquero will donate 10% of your meal to 2018 Project Graduation.