Category Archives: Local News

Eastern Illinois University Jumpstart is coming very soon! All incoming transfer and freshmen students take a day to work on their first community project at EIU. One of the projects will include maki...

The Lincoln Trial Chapter of Friends of the NRA will host their annual banquet August 17th at the Mattoon Eagles Club. It's the 25th anniversary of the organization, and this year's banquet will be th...

Two women were rescued from the Kaskaskia River yesterday. Officials say the pair allegedly took a canoe from the Kaskaskia River Campground and became entangled in a downed tree and were tipped out o...

Springfield, IL - State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) issued the following statement July 31 in response to Democrats refusing to negotiate in good faith on a bipartisan plan to fund schools: "Given th...

The investigation continues into the head-on collision that claimed the life of a Charleston woman over the weekend. Pamela Warbenburg died from injuries in the accident Saturday morning near Villa Gr...

Charleston Police responded to a call of possible shots fired in the 1300 block of 4th Street yesterday. Streets were blocked, and officers, armed with rifles were on the scene until nearly 4:30, beli...

The annual Coles County Battle of the Badges returns Wednesday, August 9th. Donate between noon and 6:00 p.m. at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library or Burgess Osborne Auditorium. Be sure to cast y...

The 60th annual Agronomy Day, hosted by the Department of Crop Sciences and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois, will be August 17th in Savoy...

Fresh produce is just a short drive away. The Strasburg Farmer's Market is open every Thursday from 4:30-6:00 p.m. at the community building. And it's not just fruit and vegetables - they also have ho...

(Chicago, IL) -- The next move in the school funding showdown is Governor Rauner's, after lawmakers Monday sent him a funding reform bill he has vowed to change. Rauner is promising to use his amendat...