Category Archives: Local News

A military benefits fair will be held November 7th from 10:00-1:00 at the LifeSpan Center. The event is free for all service men and women, veterans and active military. Military ID is required. Pleas...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed to their first World Series since 1988. They crushed the Cubs 11-1 in Game Five of the National League Championship Series in Chicago to advance. Ki...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Rauner is promising that a new billion-dollar business and technology innovation center he's promoting in the South Loop will change the state's economy. Standing with Mayor ...

The University of Illinois Extension will present "Nutrition on a Budget," November 15th and 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Salvation Army in Mattoon. Classes will focus on shopping and meal...

The Mattoon Police Department's annual Cops for Kids drive-through lunch returns to Odd Fellow Rebekah Home November 10th. For five-dollars, you'll get a pulled pork sandwich, chips, pickle, cookie an...

Current Lake Land College students or new students who are going to enroll in the spring 2018 semester and are in a Workforce Ready program may be eligible to receive additional financial assistance. ...

CHICAGO-The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.0 percent in September and nonfarm payrolls decreased by -10,800 jobs o...

SPRINGFIELD - From sending formal cards to celebrating in Palm Springs to hanging Abraham Lincoln ornaments, America's presidents have marked Christmas in ways that reflect their personalities. Those ...

The City of Mattoon sponsors a Fall Leaf Collection for all residential properties in the City. The collection provides residents with weekly collection opportunities. Fall Collection schedule will be...

CHICAGO (Oct. 19, 2017) - Governor Bruce Rauner and the University of Illinois System today unveiled plans for an Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) to help ignite the state's economy through a $1.2 bi...