Category Archives: Local News

Volunteers are needed for the Coles County Yield Survey. If you're interested in providing samples, please contact the Coles County Farm Bureau at 217-345-3276. The survey will take place at 8:00 a.m....

Tomorrow, Friday August 12th, kicks off the annual Cumberland County Fair in Greenup and WCMI will be there to tell you all about it! We'll be live on location from 4-7 PM and it all leads up to the R...

Saturday, support Camp New Hope! Their Annual Benefit Run will be taking place, August 13th, and it is an all day event! It all kicks off with a breakfast at The Mattoon Eagle's Club during which you ...

EIU's office of Civic Engagement and Volunteerism has partnered with One Stop Community Christmas to provide over 900 families with fleece blankets. The incoming freshman and transfer students will be...

Big changes are coming to Union Station in St. Louis, with the biggest being a 75,000 square foot aquarium. The $45 million, one-million gallon attraction will house thousands of species, with the hig...

The Lake Land College Board of Trustees posthumously honored Karen Fuqua with the Clem G. Phipps Exemplary Trustee Award. Fuqua served as a Lake Land trustee from 1997-2005, and during her tenure, she...

Praise in the Park will be September 4th at Peterson Park in Mattoon. It's a free Christian concert with "Church Mafia," featuring many of the area's top musicians: Rod Evans, Jackie and Tad Freezelan...

Congratulations to Renee Fonner on being named to the Distinguished Alumni Society at Lake Land College! She will be inducted in a ceremony on October 1st.

The HSHS St. Anthony's Foundation 8th Annual Golf Benefit held July 15 at the Effingham Country Club was a big success. The event, which evolved through a partnership with Jonathan Kabbes and "Golf fo...

The goal was 130, and you beat it! Congratulations on making the Coles County Battle of the Badges a huge success, to the tune of 135 units. What's more, that's 405 lives saved! The Mattoon Police Dep...