Category Archives: Local News

The Douglas County Ag Center Committee is accepting scholarship applications for students until February 1st. For information or an application, stop by the Douglas County Farm Bureau on North Main St...

Eastern Illinois University students, faculty and staff will be able to get EIU license plates on campus this coming week. Secretary of State Jesse White's office services will be on campus Tuesday, J...

The Coles-Cumberland Bar Association has established a law school scholarship program. One or more scholarships will be awarded annually, based on academic and extracurricular achievements, background...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Shelbyville are looking for qualified candidates to fill student vacancies for the 2017 summer recreation season. These positions are available in interpretive...

The Mattoon Arts Council will be offering a pottery class in the new year. The pottery class will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 30-31, Feb. 6-7, 13 and 20 in the Mattoon High School art room. Particip...

The Survivor Fitness Challenge returns to the Mattoon Area Family YMCA this month (1/22) Each week, you'll have a goal of a certain number of exercise, starting at 2 hours per week, and then gradually...

The Illinois Republican Party is keeping up its media assault on Michael Madigan with less than a week to go before he faces reelection as Speaker of the Illinois House. The party's released a new dig...

This semester, Lake Land College is offering two-day introduction to concealed-carry classes at Accuracy Firearms in Effingham. There are four weekend classes available in January, February and March,...

The Cardinal Caravan will be back at Lake Land College, and it will feature both current and former Cardinal players. The current Cardinals are Alex Reyes and Miguel Socolovich, as well as pitching pr...

The Coles County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's helping to identify a suspect from a Vehicle Arson. The arson occurred on December 22, 2016 at M&M Auto Salvage Yard in rural Hutton. A...