Category Archives: Local News

  The City of Mattoon Fire Department will begin flow testing and painting fire hydrants. Starting the week of May 22nd and will continue until all hydrants north of a line following Western Ave....

Mattoon's weekly farmer's market has been moved from Peterson Park to Rural King. Friday, June 2nd is opening day, and the market will be open every Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. though September...

Illinois State Police had their hands full following a Saturday afternoon accident in Vermillion County. The driver of a livestock hauler lost control of the rig, went into the median and overturned. ...

Blagojevich Once Again Pushes Appeal (Chicago, IL) -- Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is trying again to get a lighter sentence. Lawyers for the imprisoned former governor last week asked a f...

Neoga city-wide clean-up day will be June 10th from 8:00 a.m. until noon. Drop off items in the parking lot across from the former Short Furniture building. Please bring a water bill as proof of resid...

The 9th annual Oakland "Run for the Health of It 5K" will be June 10th starting at the Oakland Swimming Pool. All Oakland kids, 18 and younger run for free. All others are free with paying adult. If y...

Each year, Common Links of Mattoon sponsors the Lil' Miss Firecracker and Lil' Mr. Skyrocket fundraiser in which kids collect votes in the form of pennies. Common Links uses the proceeds from this eve...

  Early Saturday morning at 1200 Block of South Lierman, 22 year old Malik Bianco Chapple was arrested in connection with a home invasion. He is being charged with Domestic Battery and Home Invas...

On I-55 in Sangamon County, Illinois, one woman was left critically injured in a two-vehicle collision Sunday Afternoon. Illinois State Police officials say the crash happened southbound lanes on I-55...

The 9th annual Chris Barker Memorial Tractor Drive and Show will be June 11th, starting at Yakey Grain in Mode. Sign in begins at 7:30 a.m. and the drive starts at 8:30. All makes of tractors are welc...