Category Archives: Local News

Arcola High School will host a Veteran's Day parade and celebration on November 11th. Families are encouraged to drive their veteran in the parade and the community is encouraged to line the parade ro...

The Mattoon High School chess team is selling 2022 St. Louis Cardinals calendars. They're $16.00 each. In addition to the spring training and regular season schedules, they feature photos of past and ...

For Immediate Release USDA Launches New Effort to Reduce Salmonella Illnesses Linked to Poultry WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSI...

For Immediate Release - October 18, 2021 State Reaches Fourth Union Agreement to Ensure More State Workers are Vaccinated SPRINGFIELD - After recently reaching three union agreements requiring vaccine...

For Immediate Release - October 18, 2021 Sarah Bush Lincoln Administering Monoclonal Antibody Infusion to Eligible Patients with COVID-19 As health systems continue to treat high volumes of COVID-19 p...

It's homecoming week at EIU.   Today's events: 10/19: 5-7pm: Family fun night scavenger hunt 7-9pm: Pep rally @ McAfee Gym South 10/20: 8am-8pm: Token scavenger hunt 11-1: Blue B-Q lunch from at ...

The Mattoon Community Food Center will host a free, drive thru food distribution on Thursday, October 21, 2021. The distribution is scheduled from 2pm until 4pm, or until they run out. There are no in...

A vendor quarter auction to support Mattoon Fire's Operation Sleigh Ride will be held at the Mattoon American Legion Thursday, October 21st. Doors will open at 5:30 and the auction will begin at 6:30....

HSHS Raising Salaries, Minimum Wage (Central Illinois) -- Hospital Sisters Health System says it is raising salaries and minimum wage at all its facilities. Officials say only about half of the organi...

October 18, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) and the Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Pres...