Category Archives: Local News

Blake's Shining Star 5k and 1 mile fun run will be coming to Neoga on April 15th. This run for all ages will begin at 7:15 am and will be stepping off from the Neoga Early Learning Center. Cost to reg...

Tonight the Mattoon School Board will meet and they may vote on the school's choice of the school district's insurance provider. This includes property, casualty, workers compensation, school board le...

Charleston Public Works crews will be adding some features to the Lake Charleston area park. They will be including a pavilion and additional parking near the Embarras River spillway. The road leading...

Love Fish? Get all you can handle this Friday, March 24th, with the annual Strasburg Lion's Club Fish Fry! Serving will be from 4:30-7:00 p.m. at the Strasburg Community Center. It is all-you-can-eat ...

With the spring upon us, many of us are starting to clean up our lawns and getting rid of the leaves that have gathered, many times through burning leaves. While everyone appreciates a neat lawn, HSHS...

Alan Lowe, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, announced Monday that a team of experts will review the library's Papers of Abraham Lincoln project and make recom...

HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that Wilbert "Bill" Hawley was recently named St. Anthony's new Director of Finance. Hawley has worked in the field of accounting since 1986...

Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Cumberland and Jasper Counties during March. These NITE patro...

Collectible coins, paper money, watches and camera equipment are among the nearly 500 items worth approximately $32,000 to be auctioned online March 27-31. "For most people, it is difficult to believe...

Senator Chapin Rose is offering traveling office hours March 23rd from 8:30-10:00 a.m. at the Hammond Caf, 10:30 a.m. until noon at the Lovington Public Library, 1 p.m. to 2:30 at the Arthur Public Li...