Category Archives: Local News

Illinois Lotto Lawsuit Moving To Federal Court (Belleville, IL) -- The lawsuit against the Illinois lottery for allegedly scamming players is headed to a federal court. A judge in St. Claire County ye...

The 12th annual Farm-City Breakfast, presented by the Shelby County Young Farmers will be March 23rd from 6:00-8:00 a.m. at the Shelby County 4-H Center in Shelbyville. Cost is just one-dollar for the...

The Salvation Army's annual masquerade ball will be held March 18th from 5:00-8:00 p.m at the Salvation Army in Mattoon. The evening will include food, dancing and entertainment. Formal attire is requ...

Lincoln Heritage Pheasants Forever will host another "No Child Left Indoors" youth shoot this Saturday (3/18) from 8:00-10:00 a.m. at the Charleston Sportsmen's Club. Guns, ammo, eye and ear protectio...

From Illinois State Police District 10: Officers are currently on site at Interstate 72, between White Heath and Mahomet as they are handling multiple crashes and slide offs from the roads. They encou...

According to listener reports, there has been an accident at route three-sixteen and Loxa Road. Please avoid the area at this time.

Director for Community Outreach Chris Strohl will be visiting several area libraries to answer questions about how to get started at Lake Land. She will be available to answer questions about the coll...

To provide greater protections for private-property owners when utility companies seek to install power lines, State Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) is sponsoring legislation to slow the process and giv...

The Illinois Department of Human Services' proposed overtime policy to govern overtime in the Home Services Program cleared the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. This rule will protect Illinois...

The first meeting for the 7th annual Mattoon To Peoria St. Jude Run will be March 20th at 6:30 at the Salvation Army in Mattoon. This year's run will be August 4th and 5th. You don't have to be from M...