Category Archives: Local News

Teen clothing retailer rue21 is closing about one-third of its stores nationwide as it focuses more on its online business. According to a press release, the privately held company is closing nearly 4...

(Chicago, IL) -- Chicago is coming off a holiday weekend filled with gun violence. The "Sun Times" reports over 40-people were wounded and one person was killed in shootings across the city from Frida...

SACIS invites you to the 4th Annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes, this Sunday, April 23rd at 2:00 p.m. at Morton Park in Charleston, Illinois. Wear a pair of women's heels (if you dare!), decorate a pair ...

There's still time to join the team. The next meeting for the Mattoon to Peoria St. Jude Run will be April 17th at 6:30 at the Salvation Army in Mattoon. You don't have to be from Mattoon, nor do you ...

Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Mattoon will host an Earth Day festival April 22nd. The day will include indoor rummage sales, plant exchange and plant sale, crafts for kids, refreshments, and plenty of...

The Salvation Army in Mattoon will be hosting a resource fair May 9th from 10 am to 2 pm. You are invited to come visit booths and speak with representatives from human service organizations who serve...

Lake Land College will have a public interfaith discussion panel made up of representatives from area minority religions, who will discuss religious beliefs and practices in order to expand understand...

The annual East Central Illinois Heart Walk will be April 29th at Lake Land College. Zale Walk will be the honorary chairman this year. He is the soon-to-be one-year-old son of Vince and Katie Walk an...

According to WANDTV online, in Warrensburg IL, the Police Department were alerted around noon yesterday, Saturday April 15th, about break-ins a the Warrensburg-Latham Elementary and Middle Schools. Wh...

According to the Illinois State Police, in a preliminary investigation report a fatal crash yesterday afternoon in Marion County. Unit #1 Driver, John Oettle (54) of Centralia IL, was traveling on Gre...