Category Archives: Local News

According to a press release from the MPD, Mattoon Police arrested Michael L. Haugh, 39 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Aggravated Domestic Battery. The arrest occurred on 01/18/18 at 2:55...

Flu Peaking In Southern Illinois (Marion, IL) -- Flu cases across most of the state are leveling off, but in southern Illinois, the flu seems to be as strong as ever. The latest report from the Illino...

Report: Illinois Government Agencies Holding Two-Billion In Bills (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' finances are worse than they appear. A new report says state government agencies are holding over two-b...

Kleenex, Huggies Makers Slashes 5,000 Jobs And Closes 10 Factories (Irving, TX) -- The makers of Kleenex and Huggies is slashing about five-thousand jobs and ten factories this year. Kimberly-Clark an...

A documentary entitled "The Heroin Project" will be shown at Charleston High School this Thursday (1/25) at 6:30. The program was produced by volunteers in Madison County and shows how one community r...

***Due to Saturday's forecast the Easter Egg Hunt Extravaganza has been moved to Broadway Christian Church in Mattoon. Join us on Saturday, March 24, for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! The Easter Bunny w...

The Fox Ridge Foundation's all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast will be February 24th from 7:00-11:00 a.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church in Charleston. Meals are $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for kids aged...

A Christian County jury returned a guilty verdict yesterday on charges of first degree murder and aggravated battery of a child in the Robert Stivers trial. In February of 2016, Stivers' four-month-ol...

UPDATED: White House: Trump Briefed On Kentucky School Shooting (Washington, DC) -- White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says President Trump is being kept up to date on the school shooting in Ke...

MATTOON - A son of longtime Mattoon residents Obed and Jo Ann Henderson is honoring the memory of his parents with a $20,000 donation to the Mattoon Public Library. The donation by Jon Henderson inclu...