Category Archives: Local News

Taylorville Schools To Parents: Raise Taxes Or Lose Most Sports (Taylorville, IL) -- Voters in Taylorville know the stakes in next month's local election. School leaders say they will end most sports ...

Illinois Senate Looks To Grow Tax Base (Springfield, IL) -- Your next Netflix binge could come with a new tax. It could be the same for your next tattoo, or lawn care appointment, or trip to the dry c...

Here's the forecast from the National Weather Service. Remember if you're traveling north, most counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory until 7pm tonight. Today: Snow before 1pm, then rain and sn...

The annual East Central Illinois Heart Walk will be held April 29th at Lake Land College. This year's honorary chairman is Zale Walk, the soon-to-be one-year-old son of Vince and Katie Walk, whose lif...

McAfee Gym will be a training site for local law enforcement officers on Tuesday and Thursday, March 14th and 16th. Be advised that officers will be using blanks in various scenarios to simulate the s...

A vendor quarter auction to benefit Area 9 Special Olympics will be held March 16th at the Mattoon American Legion. Among the items you can bid on: jewelry, yard dcor, makeup, kitchenware, purses, cra...

Tickets are available for Mattoon Project Graduations annual car giveaway. This year's grand prize is a 2017 Hyundai Accent GLS, or $13,000 cash. In addition, many consolation prizes will be given awa...

A potential law in Illinois that would require seat belts on school buses is one step closer to becoming a reality. The bill passed the House Transportation Vehicles and Safety Committee this week and...

Tickets are available for the Lincoln Heritage Chapter of Pheasants Forever's raffle. You can win a Savage bolt action 20 gauge with rifled barrel, or a Yeti Tundra 45 (forty-five) cooler. Tickets are...

Clear skies were the story Sunday, but clouds are moving in and so is the chance of snow. A system will move through Sunday night into Monday that may bring measurable snowfall. Sunday night lows will...