Category Archives: Local News

Lake Land College will have a public interfaith discussion panel on Tuesday, April 25th from 1-2:30 p.m. in the Luther Student Center Theater. A panel of representatives from area minority religions w...

A benefit for Vickie Williams will be held at the Mattoon American Legion June 10th. The fundraiser, which starts at 3:00, will include live music, silent and live auctions, 50/50, and $5.00 meals. If...

The East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging will conduct an open hearing at the LifeSpan Center on April 25th at 10:00 a.m. The hearing will inform older adults, persons with disabilities, family c...

WEIU-TV reports PADS is finally getting a new home at a new location. After a three year long relocation process Mattoon Area Public Action to Deliver Shelter has a new home! Today PADS directors and ...

WEIU-TV reports changes in Springfield could lead to more teacher applicants in the state. If passed, Senate Bill 1123 would allow future teachers to receive a teaching license through a minimum grade...

On IL Route 140 approximately .5 miles West of CR 600 E. in Fayette County, around 8:15 a.m. 40 year old Ferrel M. Kissiar, of Vandalia, IL was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Pickup Truck. With him was a 14...

Today, April 22, at 2:28 a.m. the Charleston Police Department responded to the sound of a gun shot in the 1000 blk of 7th street. Officers located two gunshot victims in the yard of the residence. On...

Daniel Weinberg, the owner and operator of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago will be at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, May 3rd. He'll be discussing specific a...

From WTHI, medical coverage for over 22,000 retired coal miners and widows is about to expire at the end of this month. Lawmakers from these coal states are looking to possibly extend that deadline pa...

15 year-old Tennessee student who was reported missing over a month ago has been found in Northern California. She is safe, and her teacher has been arrested. The arrest happened on Thursday. The pair...