Category Archives: Local News

A cancer benefit will be held today for Michelle Searls at the Mattoon Moose. Tickets are $12.00 in advance or $15.00 at the door. The event will have feature basket binga, 50/50 raffle, a silent auct...

If you are a friend of the Charleston Public Library, today is the day to head to the library for the Friends of the Charleston Public Library Spring Book Sale. Friends receive a 50% discount, and if ...

Catholic Charities in Mattoon will have an inventory reduction auction Saturday, May 21st starting at 9:00am. Among the items on the block: hand tools and power tools paint and supplies office furnitu...

Head to Wolf Creek State Park tomorrow, Saturday May 20th, for the Lincoln Trail Council of Boy Scouts and Illinois DNR's Outdoor Youth Festival! It's an all day event that has a wide range of outdoor...

Looking for a great meal to start your day? Look no further than Arcola's Sweepers Restaurant tomorrow (Saturday, May 21st) morning! The Arcola Lion's Club are hosting an all-you-can-eat breakfast in ...

Catholic Charities in Mattoon is cleaning up the store and you just might some hidden gems with their Inventory Reduction Auction! Tomorrow, Saturday May 20th, come to Catholic Charities in Mattoon at...

Eastern Illinois University could face even more cuts despite receiving money from the state. EIU President David Glassman says the 12-and-a-half-million dollars the school has received from the stopg...

The eastbound lane of Lincoln Avenue, in front of Eastern Illinois University is closed due to an accident. Clean-up is underway.

It's good news/bad news again for the employment picture in Illinois. The state added jobs in April, but the unemployment rate crept up again. The jobless rate inched up a tenth-of-a-point to six-poin...

Governor Rauner says he may be comfortable with a bill heading to his desk that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, but he stopped short of promising to sign it. He vetoe...