Category Archives: Local News

Your generous gift could lead to one for you. Donate at an American Red Cross blood drive by May 14th, and you'll be in the running to win a $1,000 gift card from GiftCertificates.com. Three lucky win...

2017 Miss Charleston Pageant will be held at Salisbury Church May 5th at 7:00 p.m. Little Miss, Junior Miss, and Teen Miss will be crowned. Entry fee is $5.00 or a canned food item.

Think your a music expert? Test your musical range with a Music Trivia Night this Saturday, May 6th, at Tailwinds Steakhouse in Findlay. Tables are $200.00 each, and up to five people can be at a tabl...

In a recent press release from Illinois State Police, District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, announces the results of a Roadside Safety Check (RSC) that was conducted in Champaign County during th...

High School Softball: NTC Tournament: -FINAL: Altamont 18, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 2 -FINAL: Windsor/Stew-Stras 15, Neoga 0   Regular Season: -FINAL: Effingham 6, Teutopolis 1 -FINAL: Mattoon...

The National Weather Service in St. Louis has continued the Flood Warning for the Kaskaskia River at Vandalia until Friday, May 5, 2017 at 10am. The Flood Warning is a result of heavy rainfall that fe...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has extended the Flood Warning for Jasper and Cumberland counties until Noon on Wednesday (May 3, 2017). Emergency management reported continued flooding of man...

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois is one of five states to receive a federal training grant from the Governor's Highway Safety Association and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility to combat drug-i...

A home south of Charleston sustained extensive damage in a fire Sunday night. According to the Lincoln Fire Protection District, the living room and utility room suffered the most damage, while the re...

The Committee for Concerned Tax Payers in Coles County will hold an informational meeting on May 2nd at 7:00 at the Burgess-Osborne Auditorium in Mattoon. The meeting is open to the public.