Category Archives: Local News

Mattoon Area PADS new building is a big step closer to reality. Heller, Holmes and Associates presented the group with a check for $50,000 for the Haven of Hope campaign. Ground-breaking for the new s...

Today, expect partly sunny conditions, with a high near 55. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Friday expect warmer temperatures and mostly cloudy conditions, with a high near 69. Also expe...

The annual Rural-Urban Luncheon, sponsored by the Mattoon and Charleston Rotary Clubs, will be held March 28th at the LifeSpan Center. Ag technologist Chad Colby will be the featured speaker. Please R...

More than 2,000 8th grade students will gather in the Lake Land College Field House on April 6th and 7th for the 25th annual Eighth Grade Career Conference. The Career Conference will provide students...

Spring clean-up for Dodge Grove Cemetery in Mattoon will be March 27th through 31st. Please remove items from the ground around headstones. Vases and shepherd hooks do not need to be removed.

According to a recent press release from Illinois State Police District 10, Captain Louis Kink, has announced the results of Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) which were conducted in Vermi...

In a recent press release from Illinois State Police, District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, announced the results of an Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) Patrol in Champaign County. The AC...

Nominations are being accepted for the Midge McDowell Lifetime Service Award. The award honors the former local director of Special Olympics Illinois and co-founder of the Special Olympics Family Fest...

Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 is reporting the arrest of Nelson Javier Valentine-Caban, 25, of Detroit, MI, for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Possessio...

The Eastern Illinois Foodbank will host the following Pop-Up Food Pantries serving veterans in need: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 from 10am-11:30am at Cannon Place Community Center at the VA Illiana Health...