Category Archives: Local News

The Arcola Food Pantry is looking for volunteers to help with food distribution. If you can spare some time to help the 45 families they serve each week, please call 268-5122, or 962-1640. The pantry ...

The St. Louis Cardinals Caravan will return to the Lake Land College Field House January 14th. You'll have a chance to talk baseball with current players, alumni and broadcasters. The first 400 kids (...

Lake Land College's Adult Education will be offering free computer classes in three locations in February. Classes begin February 5th at the Kluthe Center in Effingham, and the following day at the Wo...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Chicago Cubs are being sued. Twenty-year-old David Cerda said recent renovations at Wrigley Field violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. Cerda has muscular dystrophy and use...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Wind Chill Advisory for Wednesday, January 3rd beginning at 8 p.m. CDT and lasting through Thursday, January 4th at noon. Counties include: Champai...

According to several listener reports, a car in on fire near mile post 202 of Interstate 57, Southbound (about a mile south of Arcola). Traffic is slowing so please use caution and expect delays if ap...

According to a listener report a pipe has burst at AMC Showplace 10 in Mattoon, IL. The entire building has been evacuated and no one is being allowed inside. The theater is expected to remain closed ...

LifeSpan Center's VITA program will be offering an IRS tax return service for 2018. VITA is designed to help taxpayers complete their BASIC tax returns at NO cost. Certified LSVP Volunteers that have ...

  The all-you-can-eat cancer benefit breakfast returns to the Mattoon Eagles Club January 13th from 6:30-10:00 a.m. No membership is required to enjoy bacon, eggs, biscuits and gravy, sausage and...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois History Forum returns to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in 2018 with sessions on Lincoln, Lewis and Clark, Ronald Reagan and Ulysses S. Grant. Topics du...