Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois Department of Transportation is preparing to shut down road projects around the state if a budget isn't passed by the end of the current fiscal year. The department has begun notifying co...

Illinois' comptroller is pleading for state lawmakers to approve a budget before the new fiscal year begins next month. Leslie Munger made several stops yesterday around the state including Illinois S...

The state of Illinois is ready to pony-up 45-million dollars to bring Amtrak trains to the Quad Cities. The Illinois Department of Transportation yesterday said the state would match grants from the f...

A group of Illinois lawmakers want to give the State Police the power to revoke someone's firearm owners' card or stop a gun sale if they're on a terror watch list. The new plan, introduce yesterday, ...

A two-vehicle accident occurred on Tuesday near Humboldt that lead to multiple injuries. The accident occurred at the intersection of County Roads 700E and 1700N 1 mile northwest of Humboldt at 4:30 p...

There's still time to submit your quilting masterpieces for the Sew Happy Hearts Quilt Show happening this weekend at the former Neoga Elementary School! The show will occur on both Friday, June 24th ...

This Friday, June 24th, the 5th Annual Journey For Jordan begins and they are getting things started with a cookout at the Village Hall in Gays IL at 6:00 PM! The cookout will have your choice of Hamb...

Lake Land College's Dustin Heuerman has been appointed to serve on the Illinois Community College Board by Governor Bruce Rauner. Heuerman is a criminal justice instructor at Lake Land College. He pre...

A dog that bit two children will be euthanized. The decision was handed down yesterday in Coles County Circuit Court. The Pit Bull, owned by Kathy Daubs of Mattoon, bit a three-year old in 2014, and a...

The Mattoon City County approved a new ten-year lease that allows Checker Top Cab to continue to operate from the city-owned lot at 19th and Broadway. Also approved last night were tourism grants for ...