Category Archives: Local News

This Friday, July 14th, is the annual Mattoon Chamber of Commerce annual Golf Class and time is running out to register! Only a few days left, so if interested please be sure to call 235-5661 or log o...

(Effingham, Illinois) HSHS Medical Group is pleased to welcome Nitin Kumar, MD, to the community. Dr. Kumar grew up in a medical family and is a native of Flora, Ill. He is a compassionate, board cert...

Lake Land College will be offering free GED classes in Arthur, Effingham, Mattoon, Marshall, Pana, Paris, and Shelbyville in August. For details call 217-238-8292

A Newton man faces multiple charges following an accident early this morning. According to the Illinois State Police, 27-year-old Brandon Frichtl was eastbound on Jasper County Road 1200 North when he...

Jim Shaffer, of Shelbyville, received the 2017 Lake Land College Clem Phipps Exemplary Trustee Award at last night's board of trustees meeting. Shaffer was first elected to the Lake Land College Board...

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Northwestern Coles, Northern Moultrie, Southeastern DeWitt, Eastern Macon, Southern Champaign, along with Piatt and Douglas Co...

The Tri-County Athletics Golf Scramble will be played at Norton Knolls Golf Course in Oakland July 22nd. It's a four-person, best ball tournament, with entry fee of $240 per team. Lunch will be served...

Registration is underway for the Mattoon YMCA's late summer and fall soccer league. It's open to 4 to 14-year-old boys and girls. All games will be played on Saturdays, August 21st through October 21s...

The award-winning Farm Hands will perform at Wesley United Methodist Church in Charleston August 12th at 6:00 p.m. A free-will offering will be taken. Come early for the picnic on the lawn, featuring ...

(LeFlore County, MS) -- At least five people are reportedly dead after a military cargo plane crashed in Mississippi. The C-130 went down in LeFlore County in the central part of the state. Eight peop...