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Charleston Carnegie Public Library will be having a Snow Story Time Monday, January 22nd at 10:30, 1:15, and 5:30. This is one program, but presented three different times. The event is free and open ...

Lake Land College Foundation Scholarship applications for the 2018-2019 academic year are due Feb. 1 by 5 p.m. The online scholarship application is available at lakelandcollege.edu/scholarships/. App...

The Mattoon Knights of Columbus is having another gun raffle. The grand prize is a Browning Maxus Hunter 12 gauge shotgun, or $1-thousand dollars cash. Tickets are 1 for $3 dollars, 2 for $5 dollars, ...

This Saturday, January 20th, The Lincoln Heritage Chapter of Pheasants Forever will have another youth shoot from 8:00 a.m. till noon at the Charleston Sportsman's Club. NRA and 4-H certified instruct...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Rauner is pushing to make property tax assessments an issue in his reelection campaign. Standing with a group of south suburban homeowners Thursday, Rauner said he'd sign an ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Illinois Conservation Foundation (ICF) today announced that 21 Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grants have been awarded...

SPRINGFIELD - Schools in five Illinois counties can apply for financial help visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and its special exhibit celebrating the Illinois bicentennial,...

Lake Land College President Student Loan Debt January Editorial January 18, 2018 For Immediate Release Over the past decade a crisis has been brewing that has the potential to profoundly impact the ve...

According to a press release from the MPD, Mattoon Police arrested David M. Parker, 31 years of age and homeless in Mattoon, for the offenses of Battery and Resisting / Obstructing a Police Officer. T...

(EFFINGHAM, IL) - HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital has recently been designated an Aetna Institute of Quality Orthopedic Care Facility for total joint replacement surgery. Aetna makes information ...