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The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clark County in East Central Illinois until 4:15 PM. At 3:43 a Severe Thunderstorm was located along Clarksville an...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southern Coles County, Cumberland County, and Southeastern Shelby County until 4:00 PM At 3:30 a Severe Thunderstor...

  The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northern Clark County and Southern Edgar County until 3:45 PM CDT. At 3:20 a Severe Thunderstorm was located...

A federal judge says she'll rule on Indiana's law that bans abortions because a fetus is diagnosed with a disability by the end of the month. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt yesterday said she'...

According to a MPD press release, Mattoon police arrested Eric M. Lavaly, age 22 of Mattoon, on Tuesday June 14th at 4:44 p.m. The arrest occurred in the 800 block of Oklahoma Ave. Lavaly was charged ...

Investigators in southern Indiana say the man now facing felony weapons charges in California is also suspected of a new sex crime in Clark County. The Clark County Sheriff's Office says James Howell ...

Settlers in the frontier village of New Salem had to be resourceful back in the 1830s. They grew their own food, made their own furniture, wove their own cloth and much more, as visitors will see June...

An Altamont teen died from injuries sustained in a vehicle crash on Sunday. The St. Louis medical examiner's office confirmed yesterday that 17-year old Hunter Barns died on Monday. Barns had been flo...

Governor Rauner is calling on voters to pressure their lawmakers to return to the state Capitol. The governor made the request yesterday a day after Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan canceled ano...

HOPE of East Central Illinois will host a yard sale at the Cross County Mall in Mattoon June 16th through 18th. The preview will be from 6-9pm on the 16th, and the sale will run from 7am-7pm Saturday,...