Category Archives: Local Sports

American Legion Baseball Firecracker Classic Semi-Finals: Final: Mattoon 9 vs. T-Town 1 American Legion Baseball Firecracker Classic Championship Game: Final: Charleston Blue 3 vs. Mattoon 1

Grimes Field: Moultrie-Douglas 3 vs. Piatt County 2 Crawfordsville 5 vs. Lincoln 3 Mattoon 5 vs. Charleston 1 Danville Gold 3 vs. Effingham 1 Decatur 2 vs. Danville Blue 0 T-Town 5 vs. Mattoon 2 Lake ...

LeBron James Is A Free Agent (Cleveland, OH) -- Reports say LeBron James is becoming a free agent. Cleveland.com says "The King" King will not exercise the nearly 36-million dollar option on his contr...

Hall of Fame nominations for the Mattoon Letterman's Club are due by July 24th. Nominees must have been graduated from Mattoon High School for at least 10-years and have lettered in a varsity sport. N...

  Mattoon Firecracker Classic (for today): Grimes Field: 9am: Moultrie-Douglas vs. Piatt County 11am: Lincoln against Crawfordsville 1pm: Mattoon plays Charleston Red 3pm: Effingham vs. Danville ...

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY for:   Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaig...

Mark Jackley's retirement didn't last long. The long-time baseball coach at Mattoon has been hired as the head coach at Cumberland. The hall of famer, who never had a losing season with the Green Wave...

(Omaha, NE) -- The Oregon State Beavers are the College World Series champions. Freshman Kevin Abel pitched a complete game shutout to lead Oregon State past Arkansas 5-0 in the decisive Game Three fr...

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY for Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menar...

According to officials with the Charleston Speedway, due to the rain, the Charleston Speedway has canceled tonight's (Tuesday, June 26) UMP Summer Nationals. The event will be rescheduled for a later ...