Category Archives: Overnights

A vendor fair to benefit the Nathaniel Sarver Memorial Scholarships will be held on April 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Mid Illinois Senior Services in Shelbyville. In addition to more than thir...

The kids' chess club will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and adult chess club will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. on March 31st at the Mattoon Public Library. If you love to play, or would like to lear...

The newly formed Cumberland County American Legion Baseball Program will be having tryouts on April 8th. Junior tryouts (13-17 year olds) will be at 2:00, and senior (18 and 19 year olds) tryouts will...

Starting this fall, Lake Land College will begin offering a new hybrid version of the Medical Assistant program. The new version allows students to take all their courses online and only come to campu...

The Mattoon Green Wave will play Rochester May 20th at Busch Stadium, following the Cardinals-Phillies game. Tickets are $40 each and include a hot dog and soda. Reserve tickets by calling 238-7826.

Saturday, March 24th brought snow for portions of central Illinois and as a result a fatal traffic crash occurred along I-72, eastbound, at milepost 152 in Macon County. Preliminary details from Illin...

April 1st is the deadline to apply for Effingham Rotary Club scholarships. The club will be awarding two $1,000 scholarships to college-bound seniors, one from Effingham High School, and one from St. ...

Registration forms and fees for the 52nd annual Shelby County Art Show are due by March 29th. To request a form, call 217-774-5318, or emaildckess@consolidated.net. The show will be held at the Lake S...

The Illinois State Police and the American Legion will host the 46th Annual American Legion Youth Police Camp at Camp Lincoln in Springfield, June 24th through 29th. 14 to 16-year-olds will discover c...

Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters encourages you to form a team and bowl for the kids. Available dates are: April 19th, 26th and 27th, and May 4th and 11th at Mattoon Lanes. Collect $100 in donati...