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Fire Breaks Out On EIU Campus
Fire Breaks Out On EIU Campus (Charleston, IL) -- No one is hurt after a fire broke out on the Eastern Illinois University campus. Authorities say the blaze started last night in Douglas Hall when an ...
Nov 30, 2017
Christmas in Downtown Mattoon Tomorrow
Celebrate Downtown Mattoon Christmas this Friday. Events include the Light up the Night Parade, extended shopping hours, food, drinks, and over 60 costumed characters. It's 5:00-8:00 p.m. this Friday,...
Nov 30, 2017
Charleston Library Preschool Indoor Picnic
The Charleston Carnegie Public Library will host a Preschool Indoor Picnic on Monday, December 11th from 11:30 to 12:30. This is a free program, open to the public. A library card is not needed to att...
Nov 30, 2017
Reported Structure Fire on Eastern's Campus
From Coles-Moultrie County 911 Cecom: Update (9:10 p.m.): All police and fire personnel are cleared from the scene. The fire has been put out and students are being allowed back inside the building Up...
Nov 29, 2017
Gov. Rauner, Consul General deepen economic ties between Japan, Illinois
MARION (Nov. 29, 2017) - Gov. Bruce Rauner traveled today with the Japanese Consul General for the Midwest to meet with key educational and manufacturing leaders in southern Illinois, where the state'...
Nov 29, 2017
State of Illinois prices $750 million in bonds
CHICAGO (Nov. 29, 2017) - Today the State of Illinois priced $750 million in new money General Obligation bonds for 2018 capital expenditures. Bond proceeds will be used to fund major capital construc...
Nov 29, 2017
IL Department on Aging Employee Named to National Leadership Council
Springfield, IL - The Illinois Department on Aging's (IDoA) Ombudsman is being named to the National Leadership Council for the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care. Jamie Freschi was el...
Nov 29, 2017
Two People Injured in Accident in Effingham
Two people were injured in an accident near Effingham yesterday. According to the Effingham County Sheriff's Department, a vehicle driven by 24-year-old Blayne Davis, of Stewardson was southbound on R...
Nov 29, 2017
Fire Protection Districts Team up to Help the Shriners
Shumway, Tri-County, and the Stewardson Fire Protection Districts will team up to help out the Shriners this weekend. The organization's warehouse, which was filled with toys and gifts, was destroyed ...
Nov 29, 2017
Total Loss due to Yesterday's Fire in Casey
The Studio III Dance and Tumbling Academy is a total loss following a fire yesterday morning. According to the Casey Fire Department, they were dispatched at 5:52 a.m. and found the building fully eng...
Nov 29, 2017
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