Category Archives: Local News

The poetry of Edgar Lee Masters will mingle with haunting music when the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum presents "My Heart's Home: Edgar Lee Masters Celebrates the Sangamon Country" o...

Lake Land College Foundation scholarship applications for the 2017-2018 academic year are due Feb. 1 at 5 p.m. Students graduating from high school, adults who are enrolling at Lake Land College and c...

HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce Hospital Sisters Health System Board of Directors recently approved the appointment of Kelly Haller, MD, to the hospital's Board of Director...

From the Illinois State Police, as of 8:10am, Thursday, January 5, Troopers are headed to several crashes and cars in the ditches on I-57 and I-74, mostly Coles, Douglas and Champaign Counties. Please...

Illinois To Lose Three Macy's Stores Amid Cut Backs (Bloomington, IL) -- Shoppers in three Illinois communities are about to have one less choice. Macy's yesterday announced it's closing three Illinoi...

CAT May Shift Jobs To Decatur (Decatur, IL) -- Decatur should know by April if 500 new jobs are coming to its Caterpillar plant. The heavy equipment maker yesterday said it's considering a shift that'...

Chicago Police: Four In Custody In Taped Beating (Chicago, IL) -- Investigators in Chicago aren't saying why four people beat a special-needs man and posted the video online. The video appears to show...

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...

You're invited to the ribbon-cutting celebration and open house for Vander Burgh Financial Services today (1/5) at 617 Madison Avenue in Charleston. The ribbon-cutting will be at 10:00 a.m. and the op...

The Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner & awards ceremony will be January 28th at the EIU Grand Ballroom. Social hour is from 5-6, followed by dinner and awards from 6-8pm. Midwest...