Category Archives: Local News

The Mattoon Arts Council is now accepting entries to its second Photography Show, sponsored by Consolidated Communications. Professional, amateur and student photographers are invited to submit their ...

Farmers in Coles, Cumberland and Jasper Counties can apply for the Emergency Conservation Program to address damage from excessive rainfall and flooding, from July 1st to July 31st. Call or stop by yo...

Illinois Gets More Time To Pay Medicaid Providers (Springfield, IL) -- The state of Illinois is getting another week to find some money to pay doctors, hospitals, and pharmacists. State officials told...

Governor Rauner: Republican Budget Meets In Middle (Springfield, IL) -- Governor Bruce Rauner says he can live with a tax increase in order to get a new state budget. But the governor also used a spee...

Democratic Candidates Dismiss Rauner's Call For Unity (Chicago, IL) -- The Democrats running for Illinois governor say they're not impressed with Governor Bruce Rauner's latest speech. Chris Kennedy, ...

Champaign County Investigating Two More Nursing Home Deaths (Champaign, IL) -- Investigators in Champaign County say they're looking into two more deaths at the county's nursing home. Coroner Duane No...

More Lawmakers Unite Against Stopgap Spending Planners (Springfield, IL) -- Another group of lawmakers in Illinois are saying it's a budget or bust. A number of Democrats and Republicans at the Illino...

Oblong will host its inaugural Summer Hootenanny on July 8th. Bring the family to the park for a full day of fun, including: sand volleyball, duck race on the lake, cornhole tournament, bounce houses,...

A town hall meeting for Coles County property owners and the general public will be held at the Burgess Osborne Auditorium in Mattoon, June 28th. The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.

(Huntington Beach, CA) -- More than 500 California surfers are in the Guinness Book of World Records today. The 511 surf lovers paddled away from Huntington Beach this morning, formed a circle and hel...