Category Archives: Local News

The Lincoln Trail Friends of the NRA banquet will be August 18th at the Mattoon Eagles Club. Many guns will be given away including the gun of the year - a Montana Rifle American Legends .300 Win Mag,...

(Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois Sheriff's Association is warning about a new phone scam. The caller is apparently soliciting money using the Sheriff's Association name. The group says it doesn't sol...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Illinois Labor Relations Board is denying Governor Bruce Rauner's request for a quick ruling regarding allegedly stalled negotiations with the American Federation of State, County...

Governor Bruce Rauner issued the following statement on the Dallas shootings:   "The ambush attack on Dallas police officers is outrageous. The men and women who work every day to protect everyon...

HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital will host their next monthly "JustWalk" Walk With a Doc walking program on Saturday, July 16 at 9 a.m. at the TREC Trail. Walkers should meet in the Effingham Perf...

Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) released the following statement in reaction to the recent violence across the nation:   "I am saddened and outraged by the most recent deaths in our cou...

According to the Mattoon Police Department, Maverick C. Bowman, age 25 of Mattoon, was arrested on Thursday July 7th at 7:09 a.m. That arrest occurred in the 2100 block of Charleston Ave. Bowman was c...

According to a Mattoon Police Department Press Release, Heather L. Bell, age 38 of Mattoon, was arrested on July 6th at 10:31 p.m. in the 400 block of N. 16th street. Bell was charged with Domestic Ba...

According to a press release from the Mattoon Police Department, Benjamin A. Ross, age 27 of Mattoon, was arrested on July 6th at 7:03 p.m. at Lakeland Mobile Estates. He was charged with Aggravated D...

According to a MPD Press Release, Mattoon police arrested Michael L. Jackson, age 28 of Mattoon, on Weds. July 6th at 4:05 p.m. The arrest occurred in the 3100 block of Commercial Ave. Jackson was cha...