Category Archives: Local News

Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Illinois! They plan to film episodes of the hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout the region in June 2017! AMERICAN PICKERS is a docum...

The Mattoon VFW and Friends of Lake Mattoon invite you to the Memorial Day Celebration at Lake Mattoon Beach. The event will begin with the VFW dropping the Memorial Day wreath at approximately 11:30 ...

The newly constructed Sarah Bush Lincoln Walk-In Clinic in Mattoon will open at 7 am, Monday, May 22, at 200 Dettro Drive, just south of its current location. The new facility doubles the size of the ...

  (EFFINGHAM, IL) - "Bridges for Healing Hearts" is a grief support group that is being facilitated by HSHS Hospice Southern Illinois Bereavement Counselor Maddie Johnson. It is a year-round, ope...

The fourth annual "Loop Lake Shelbyville" will be held June 10th. Riders have the options of 22-miles, 47-miles, or 65-miles. Proceeds will benefit the Lake Volunteer Association, a group that provide...

According to a press release from the MPD, Mattoon police arrested Daniel J. Ramsey, age 36 of Mattoon, on Monday May 15th at 5:26 p.m. The arrest occurred in the 1400 block of Richmond Ave. Ramsey wa...

SPRINGFIELD - The author of an acclaimed Lincoln biography will discuss his work June 1 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, just days after the release of the latest volume in the ...

School Bus Accident In Champaign (Champaign, IL) -- No children are hurt following an accident involving a school bus in Champaign. Authorities say the crash happened yesterday when the bus ran into b...

State Fines Illinois Auditor General 5K (Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois Auditor General is facing a five-thousand-dollar fine by the state Board of Elections. The board voted yesterday to penalize F...

Illinois To Stop Mowing To Encourage Monarch Butterflies (Springfield, IL) -- The state of Illinois is parking many of its lawnmowers this summer. But not because the state is broke. Illinois' Departm...