Category Archives: Local News

Illinois Delegation heads To Seattle For Amazon Pitch (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois' pitch to land the new Amazon headquarters in heating up. A combination state/city of Chicago delegation left yesterday ...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) today awarded a total of $500,000 in grants to 32 county emergency management agencies to enhance their emergency operations centers. "Eme...

Philanthropy Offers Free First Year Of College (Undated) -- There's a new philanthropic endeavor designed to make college more affordable by giving students the opportunity to take their first year of...

A quarter auction to benefit for Cops For Kids will be held September 21st at the Mattoon American Legion. 20-plus vendors will be featured with everything from books to toys, crafts to yard dcor, kit...

Comedy night, to benefit R.U.F.F. (Rescuing Unwanted Forever Friends) will be September 22nd at the Village Event Center in Greenup. Advance tickets are $20. To reserve tickets, call 217-840-9189.

A cancer benefit for Lacey Prahl will be held at the Bourbon Street Steakhouse in Mattoon November 5th from 2:00-6:00 p.m. They'll have a 50/50, live auction and food and drinks. If you'd like to dona...

(Miami, FL) -- Hurricane Maria is being upgraded to a Category Five storm. It now has winds of 160 miles-per-hour. Maria is an extremely dangerous and potentially catastrophic storm that is on track t...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Rauner seems to be hedging his bets when it comes to luring the new Amazon headquarters and its potential 50-thousand jobs to Chicago. Rauner says he's working with Mayor Ema...

The Salvation Army of Mattoon will host a Rally Day Roundup Sunday, October 1st from 10:30 a.m. 'til noon. There will be food, games, a bounce house, and special guest, Sheriff Jimmy Rankin.

The Oakland FFA will have a hog roast prior to the Tri-County homecoming football game with Martinsville September 29th. Dinner will be served from 4:30-6:30 at Lake Crest, and it's just $5.00. Carry-...