Category Archives: Local Sports

High School Baseball: FINAL (Game 1): Arthur Okaw Christian 24, Parkview Christian 4 FINAL (Game 2): Arthur Okaw Christian 17, Parkview Christian 8 FINAL: Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 8, Cerro Gord...

Report: Ex-Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler Expected To Retire (Undated) -- It looks like former Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is hanging it up. The NFL Network is reporting that the recent Miami signal-ca...

The #YSoSweaty selfie challenge will be going on (is going on) during the entire month of May at the Mattoon Area Family YMCA. Simply post a post-workout selfie on Facebook and Instagram, use #YSoSwea...

Reports: Jason Witten Retiring To Join "Monday Night Football" (Frisco, TX) -- Jason Witten is apparently ending his football career. Multiple reports say the Cowboys tight end is going to be hanging ...

Area baseball: EIU opens a three-game home series with Morehead State today, Sullivan is at Shelbyville, Cumberland vs. Altamont, Pana goes to Gillespie, Tuscola against St. Teresa, T-town battles Mar...

Andrew Snow is the new boys' basketball coach at Neoga High School. Snow, who played basketball at South Central and coached at St. Anthony and Altamont, succeeds Bob Lockart, who resigned after the p...

U Of I Wants Public Input On Chief Conversation (Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois is looking for more opinions about Chief Illiniwek. The school is looking to continue its critical conversati...

(Arlington, TX) -- The first round of the NFL Draft is complete and it was not without surprises. The Cleveland Browns pulled off the first stunner of the night by taking Oklahoma quarterback Baker Ma...

Thursday, April 26th and tonight plenty of action on the ball diamond continues for area teams! Follow along with final scores below! High School Baseball: FINAL: Arthur Okaw Christian 9, Arcola 6 FIN...

Come out and cheer on the Special Olympic Athletes in the 2018 Spring Games tomorrow (Friday, April 27) at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston. Opening ceremonies start at 9am and there's no admission charg...