Category Archives: Local News

A veteran's town hall meeting will be held at Mattoon American Legion Post 88 on Friday, July 28th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Veteran's Affairs Illiana Health Care System's director and staff will discuss a ...

Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 26th, The Charleston Carnegie Public Library will host a Fun of Wheels event from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the south end of the library parking lot. The event is open to children ...

Starting Thursday, Mattoon's Grimes Field will be host to the 14 year-old Ohio Valley Regional Baseball Competition. Teams from various states will be in town partaking in the games, and Volunteers ar...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Cubs organization is urging Mayor Emanuel to remove the cap on night games at Wrigley Field to allow the league average of 54 games under the lights. The team currently is only ab...

The Mattoon Santa Chase Half Marathon and 5K Run will be on November 18th at the Mattoon Train Depot at 12:55 pm. If registered before November 6th, the 5K will be $25.00 and the Half Marathon will be...

Casey In Action has announced plans for the annual KZ 5K set for 7 a.m.Saturday, Sept. 2 with a new route through downtown Casey featuring Big Things, including most of the World's Largest items. Race...

Mattoon police arrested Grates J. R. Stacks the 2nd , age 27 of Chicago, on July 24th at 1:57 p.m. in the 300 block of N. 22nd street. Stacks was wanted on an Illinois Department of Corrections warran...

The ESA ladies will hold their second annual back to school rummage sale August 11th and 12th in the former Deb's store at the Cross County Mall. Donations of clothing, household items, toys, small fu...

Governor Rauner Calls Lawmakers Back To Capitol For School Funding (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois' governor is ordering another special session, this time to decide how to pay for schools. Governor Bruce R...

Illinois Budgets Helps Illinois University Credit (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' public universities are the latest to get a slight bump from the new state budget. S&P Global Ratings yesterday upg...