Category Archives: Local News

The Mattoon Wrestling Club is raffling off a Sig Sauer 9 millimeter handgun. Or, you can choose $400 cash. Tickets are $10 each. Head to their Facebook page to reserve yours. The drawing will be held ...

The annual Trojan Booster Club spaghetti supper will be held January 28th from 3:00 to 7:00 at the Charleston High School cafeteria. Meals are $8.00 each, and your ticket stub gets you into the boys' ...

If you have no plans on having a big Christmas meal, you're welcome to come to the Martinsville (Illinois) Community Christmas Lunch, from 11:00-1:00 on Christmas Day. The menu will include turkey, ma...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 332 PM CST Mon Dec 19 2022 WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR Piatt-Champaign-Vermilio...

For Immediate Release Illinois State Police Investigates Hit-And-Run Fatal Crash DECATUR - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 5 Special Agents are investigating a hit-...

One Stop Community Christmas is this Saturday (December 10) and are in desperate need of help. The biggest need is personal shoppers from 12pm-6pm. They have several two hour shifts available. You mus...

For Immediate Release ISP Conduct Death Investigation in Neoga NEOGA - Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 8 was requested by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office to conduc...

For Release Joe's Pizza and Pasta Partners with United Way of Effingham County Effingham, Illinois - Joe's Pizza and Pasta of Effingham is donating $1 to United Way of Effingham County for every froze...

Saturday, December 3, 2022, is the Stewardson Hometown Holiday celebration. Lots of fun activities for all ages, including the snowball fight, drive-in movie, featuring "Elf," scavenger hunt, Santa lo...

For Release ISP Announce Results of Special Traffic Enforcement Patrols Pesotum - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Interim Commander, Acting Captain Bryan Pruitt, announces the results of Speci...