Category Archives: Local News

What happens when you take some of the most brilliant minds from area high schools and put them under one roof? Nothing other than an academic face off, where teams are pitted against each other in ei...

Two people were injured in an accident in Clark County Saturday. According to the Illinois State Police, a tractor-trailer driven by 31-year-old Karanjit Singh, of Madera, California was eastbound on ...

MATTOON - The next book discussion group at the Mattoon Public Library is reading The Forgotten Man, a reinterpretation of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes. Individual stories from the Depression ...

Miss Iroquois County, Samantha Hasselbring, is the 2018 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen. The 19-year-old Parkland College student took home the title at last night's pageant in Springfield. Hasselbrin...

According to a post on the Coles County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, in the past 30 days the Coles County Sheriff's Department has taken several reports regarding barns, sheds and businesses being ...

Three people are in custody in connection with multiple thefts in Coles County. According to the Coles County Sheriff's Office, Christy Brady, Dale Jenkins Jr., and Roy Jenkins were arrested in Charle...

A teenager was killed in an accident near Robinson Friday night. The Crawford County Coroner's Office says 18-year-old Shane Langley was killed after being thrown from a vehicle that rolled over. The ...

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...

The Miss Moultrie-Douglas Pageant Committee's annual prom dress sale will be January 26th through 28th at store A-1100 at the Outlets of Tuscola. Get designer dress for a fraction of the cost of retai...