Category Archives: Local News

Armbands for the Bagelfest carnival will go on sale this Tuesday (7/5). Stop by the Mattoon Tourism Office at the Deopt and get yours. Just $17 to ride all you want on Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday a...

The Illinois State Police (ISP) would like to remind motorists to drive sober or designate a driver while celebrating over the 4th of July. DUI remains the number one cause of fatal crashes during Ind...

Shelby County Home Community Education and the Shelby County Pork Producers' annual pork chop dinner will be July 19th from 5:00-7:00pm at the fairgrounds. One chop dinners are $7.00, and two chop mea...

Red, White and Blue Days get underway today in Charleston. Vendors will open at 3:00. Nestor Andress will perform at 6:30, followed by the farmer of the year and little mister and miss firecracker pre...

State officials are asking you to leave fireworks to the professionals. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Office of the State Fire Marshal say it's illegal to sell and use hand-held...

We are heading to the Coles County Speedway for their 60th anniversary celebration this weekend! From 3-5 p.m. we will be live on location with a broadcast from the event plus chances to win prizes! T...

According to WTHI, a new study by AAA is predicting a record 43 million people will be traveling over Independence Day weekend. That's an increase of half a million more than 2015. 36 million of these...

According to a press release from the Illinois State Police, an injury crash occurred along I-57 Friday, July 1st around 4:02 PM. Driver Jennifer L. Steffes of Minneapolis MN was driving along I-57, s...

This Holiday Weekend, get all your food supplies at Mark's My Store in Mattoon! Tomorrow, Saturday July 2nd, Relay for Life of Cole County team members will be bagging groceries. Members will be at Ma...

Governor Bruce Rauner today granted six and denied 150 clemency petitions and also granted one commutation. About 500 petitions remain from previous administrations. The 157 clemency petitions Governo...