Category Archives: Local News

December is finally here and get into the Holiday spirit by taking the entire family out to downtown Mattoon Friday evening, December 2nd! From 5-8 PM Mattoon has something for everyone. In attendance...

A hit and run investigation continues as a personal injury crash resulted from the incident the evening of Wednesday, November 30th along I-74 westbound at Mile Post 183, just west of Lincoln Avenue a...

Two Lake Land College students were among six students who were recognized recently at the annual Teaching and Learning Excellence Conference sponsored jointly by the Illinois Community College Facult...

Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in Clark, Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, La...

MAYWOOD - The Illinois State Police (ISP), announce the sentencing of Leslie Thurow, female age 61 of Mount Prospect, Illinois, in a drunken driving crash that critically injured ISP Trooper Michael C...

Christmas in the Heart of Charleston returns this Saturday (12/3). The celebration will kick off with the parade at 4:45. Carriage rides will be available, along with live entertainment, photos with S...

Lake Land College's Adult Education is offering free welding classes in Marshall and Sullivan. The classes will be held in the spring, and orientation will begin in January. The orientation schedule i...

Santa's Helpers, which provides coats, boots and other clothing to less-fortunate kids in the Martinsville-area, will host a dinner and auction this Saturday (12/3) at the Community Township Building....

You can help Papa Murphy's raise some dough for the Cooks Mills Clovers 4-H Club. Just mention the club's name on December 1st, purchase a regular priced menu item, and Papa Murphy's will donate 20-pe...

A new study is giving high marks to living in Illinois. Website 24/7 Wall Street put Illinois 19th in its new list of "America's Best States To Live In." The study ranked each state's poverty rate, ed...