Category Archives: Local News

According to Mattoon Police Department press release, Mattoon police made further arrests in regards to a Feb. 19th Home Invasion and Armed Robbery that occurred at Lakeland Living Apartments, 4213 La...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is now accepting proposals for federal specialty crop grants. The agency anticipates Illinois will receive roughly $525,000 from the United States Departm...

From the National Weather Service: This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and east central Illinois, including, Champaign-Christian-Coles-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Logan-Macon-...

According to the National Weather Service Central Illinois Facebook page, widely scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will develop across central Illinois late this afternoon into the early evenin...

YouTube Viewing Tops A Billion Hours Daily (San Bruno, CA) -- YouTube is getting to be very popular. New figures show people around the world watch one billion hours of YouTube videos a day. That easi...

SACIS trivia night comes to the Mattoon Eagles Club this Friday (3/3). Doors and cash bar open at 6:30. Cost is $10 per person. Teams must consist of six to eight players. The winning team will split ...

UDPATED: Vehicle Plows Into Alabama Parade (Gulf Shores, AL) -- At least eleven people have been injured -- three critically -- after a vehicle plowed into an Alabama Mardi Gras parade today. It happe...

Johnson Space Center Turns Over Moon Rock Bag (Houston, TX) -- A moon rock bag from the Apollo 11 mission is now back in the hands of an Illinois woman. The Johnson Space Center yesterday turned the p...

Governor Rauner: More Managed Care Patients, Fewer Companies (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner wants to move more people on the state's Medicaid rolls into managed care. But he wants few...

The American Red Cross and the Ashmore Community Center are sponsoring the second annual blood drive in memory of Kyle Updegraff. The blood drive will be held on Wednesday, March 8th from 1 to 6 p.m. ...