Category Archives: Local News

Senate Democrats are pushing forward a partial spending plan as the state continues to deal with a budget crisis. Lawmakers approved a measure that would provide nearly four-billion dollars to pay for...

A new proposal could make sure officers gets to retire with their K-9. Currently, there is not a state law that allows an officer to retire with their four-legged assistant; instead, it is up the depa...

Nearly five kids are hit by cars every day near schools in Illinois. With that in mind, one lawmaker wants to enforce speed cameras within school zones. A new bill being discussed among Illinois lawma...

According to WCIA online, when students or teachers left for spring break on the University of Illinois campus, there was a rise in burglaries. The worst part is that most didn't know if happened unti...

Student athletes from Terre Haute North try cooking skills for size! Each students dish was different themed and they had attendee's sample and vote by placing money into a tip jar. The team with the ...

State Comptroller Leslie Munger says that when it comes to the state's stack of unpaid bills, the bad news is getting worse. She told a Senate committee that the backlog of seven-point-six-billion-dol...

The Mattoon Fire Department will hold a memorial dedication to honor the 50th anniversary of the accident that took the life of Robert Demars and injured several other firefighters. The dedication wil...

The 27th Annual Deer Hunt for People with Disabilities will be November 18th through November 20th. Applications are now available at the Lake Shelbyville Project Office. Applicants must possess a sta...

The March (Vernal) Equinox begins tonight at 11:20 pm central time, where the sun will equally be over the Equator. Even though we will have near freezing temperatures tonight, we can at least look fo...

The Mattoon junior baseball league is hosting a free coaching clinic tomorrow (3/20) at the DeMars Center in Peterson Park from 2:00-3:30. Denny Throneburg and Mark Jackley, two IHSA Hall of Fame coac...