Category Archives: Local News

Tomorrow, Saturday, July 8th, bring the family out to the park in Oblong for its Inaugural Summer Hootenanny! The day includes fun for the whole family including: sand volleyball, a duck race on the l...

From the CUSD #1 Facebook page, beginning on Monday, July 17, 2017, Charleston CUSD #1 will open its online school registration system (which includes DDC, TLC, Armstrong or Bridges students). With th...

Take expressing yourself to the next level when you design and create your own journal. The Charleston Carnegie Public Library will provide the materials for teens ages 11-18 on Wednesday, July 26 fro...

ERBA Head Start will be taking applications at Grace United Methodist Church in Neoga July 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Head Start is a free preschool program designed to get children ready for Kind...

Three is proving to be a lucky number for Lake Land College trustee Mike Sullivan of Mattoon, who was honored with three leadership awards during the Illinois Community College Trustees Association's ...

The second annual Douglas County Sheriff's Office K9 fundraiser and golf outing will be held at Kaskaskia Country Club in Arcola July 29th. Tee time for the scramble is 10:00 a.m., with the dinner and...

The Charleston Community Blood Drive will be this Sunday (7/9) from 2:00-6:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. All presenting donors will receive a free St. Louis Cardinals t-shirt, a...

Hundreds Gather To Say Goodbye To Fallen Trooper (Farmer City, IL) -- Ryan Albin is being remembered as a great friend, a good neighbor, and a State Trooper who died too soon. Hundreds of people, incl...

Illinois Republicans Promise 'Accountability' For Tax Hike Supporters (Springfield, IL) -- It's going to be tough for ten Republican lawmakers to shake their new name: Madigan Republicans. Within hour...

Lawmakers Flip Budget Votes (Springfield, IL) -- Voters may want to double check to see how their lawmaker voted this time around. A handful of Republicans who voted for the tax increase and state bud...