Category Archives: Local News

Mattoon Exchange Club Youth Scholarship Golf Tournament
Tee it up for the kids at the annual Mattoon Exchange Club's Youth Scholarship Golf Tournament, June 3rd. They'll have flights for men, women and youth. Adult entry fee is $50, and students golf for f...
MyRadioLink May 15, 2017 Krzysztof Urbanowicz / CC

Mattoon Cleanup Day
The Mattoon city-wide cleanup day is this weekend, on Saturday, May 20th, from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. Trash bins will be available at the yard waste facility at Shelby and Logan. Proof of Mattoon residenc...
MyRadioLink May 14, 2017

Springfield Man in Critical Condition After Being Hit by Train
One man from Springfield was critically injured by a train after trying to take a selfie. Springfield P.D. say the 33 year old man was found partially under one of the train's passenger carts near Thi...
MyRadioLink May 14, 2017 Philip Brewer / CC

Mattoon Exchange Club’s Youth Scholarship Golf Tournament
Get ready to tee it up for the kids at the annual Mattoon Exchange Club's Youth Scholarship Golf Tournament on June 3rd. They'll have flights for men, women, and youth. The adult entry fee is $50, and...
MyRadioLink May 14, 2017

ERBA Scholarship
Attention recent high school graduates and college students! ERBA is offering scholarships which are available for income-eligible individuals who want to attend college this fall. A limited number of...
MyRadioLink May 14, 2017

Mattoon American Legion Wine Tasting
The Mattoon American Legion will host a spring wine tasting and bazaar May 21st from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Four local wineries will be there along with several vendors with clothing, food, crafts, books, and...
MyRadioLink May 14, 2017 Mark Morgan / CC

Charleston Carnegie Library Lego Club
Charleston Carnegie Public Library's monthly Lego Club will be on Wednesday from 4:00- 5:15pm in Rotary Room A for grades K-8. Kids under eight, please bring a grownup. All Legos are provided. It's fr...
MyRadioLink May 14, 2017

Man Charged in Connection to Woman's Overdose in Effingham
William R. Carter was accused of providing a prescription narcotic to an 18 year old illegally. The woman was taken to St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital on Thursday, May 11th. Police were contacted on t...
MyRadioLink May 13, 2017 Daniel / CC

Champaign Woman Stabbed Yesterday By Stepfather
According to WCIA online, yesterday afternoon around 12:30 pm in Champaign IL, around the 1200 block of North Walnut, police had responded to a woman being stabbed. The 33 year old woman was found at ...
May 13, 2017 Eugene Zemlyanskiy / CC

Make and Take Crafts
Come on by and chill out indoors with the crafts at the Carnegie Public Library's Make and Take, today from 10:30 am-4:00 pm, or while supplies last. Kids under eight, please bring a grownup to help! ...
MyRadioLink May 13, 2017