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Mattoon Salvation Army Seeking Seasonal Bell Ringers
The Salvation Army in Mattoon in Mattoon is hiring season employees. They are currently accepting applications for bell ringing positions throughout the communities that they serve. You must apply in ...
Oct 11, 2017
Charleston Library Senior Social Group Focusing on Scams
On Tuesday, October 24th, the Charleston Carnegie Public Library will be hosting a Senior Social Group: called "FBI Frauds & Scams." Specialist, Brad Ware, will highlight common frauds and scams. ...
Oct 11, 2017
Effingham Cookout This Weekend
Effingham County FISH Human Services will have a cookout in the Sav-A-Lot parking lot this Saturday (10/14) from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. On the menu: Rib eye sandwiches, pork tenderloin, hamburgers, a...
Oct 11, 2017
ISP Release Results of ACE Detail: Champaign County
Pesotum, Il. (10/10/17) - The Illinois State Police (ISP), assisted by the Champaign Police Department, conducted an Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) Bar ID Check detail during the late evenin...
Oct 10, 2017
ISP Announce Results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols: Champaign County
Pesotum -Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, announces the results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrol (OREP) held in Champaign County on October 3, 2017. These...
Oct 10, 2017
Death Toll In California Fires Rises To 17
UPDATED: Death Toll In California Fires Rises To 17 (Sonoma County, CA) -- The death toll in the Northern California wildfires is climbing to 17. At least eleven of those deaths have been in Sonoma Co...
Oct 10, 2017
6 Pounds Discovered in a Vehicle Compartment
EFFINGHAM, IL - An Illinois State Police trooper patrolling Interstate 70 east of Vandalia discovered 6 pounds (2,745 grams) of heroin during a traffic stop. The street value of the seized heroin was ...
Oct 10, 2017
Toledo to Get YMCA
The Mattoon Area Family YMCA is expanding... to Toledo. According to Executive Director Blake Fairchild, a generous gift left to the Village of Toledo by the late Burnham Neal will be used to create t...
Oct 10, 2017 Photo courtesy of the Mattoon YMCA
27,000 Without Power In Napa
27,000 Without Power In Napa (Napa, CA) -- Officials in Northern California's Napa County say two elderly people are dead and there is virtually zero-containment of the fires raging in the gem of Cali...
Oct 10, 2017
National Fire Prevention Week Open House in Farina
The Farina Fire Department will wrap up National Fire Prevention Week with an open house this Sunday (10/15). They'll have giveaways, refreshments, bounce house, and the kids will even get to use a re...
Oct 10, 2017
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