Category Archives: Local News

State Health Department Launches New HIV Website (Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is launching a new website for patients seeking medication to prevent H-I-V. The site inc...

Police Officer Killed After Attempting To Pull Over Driver (Chester, IL) -- Community members are mourning a police officer who was killed in a traffic stop in Southern Illinois. Twenty-two-year-old J...

Safe trick or treat night returns to the Cross County Mall tonight (Monday, October 31.) Kids 13-and-under, with their parents, are welcome to come out for treats from 6:00-8:00.

On Monday, October 31st, Lake Ridge Christian Church will be holding a "Trunk R Treat" event in Paris. There will be candy as well as hotdog, chips, and hot chocolate provided in the Family Life Cente...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library's Astronomy Night will meet on Tuesday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m. in the parking lot. If the skies are clear, telescopes will be set up. This program is free and...

Wilhelm Schmidbauer, director of the Bavarian State Police since 2013, will present a talk on the campus of Eastern Illinois University on Monday, Oct. 31st entitled, "Refugees and Terrorists in Europ...

A cancer benefit for Coles County Sheriff Jimmy Rankin will be held November 12th from 2-8pm at the LifeSpan Center between Mattoon and Charleston. This family-friendly event will feature live music, ...

An ATV accident in Clark County leaves two in the hospital. Illinois State Police say the crash happened four miles Northeast of Martinsville. It reportedly happened in the early hours of Sunday morni...

Lake Land College's Adult Education will offer free computer classes in November. Classes begin November 14th at the Workforce Development Center in Mattoon, and Kluthe Center in Effingham, and Novemb...

Portions of Clark County are under a boil order. Officials tell WTHI-TV, water customers in the towns of West Union and West York are affected. They say the boil order was put into effect Saturday eve...