Category Archives: Overnights

The National Weather Service will be offering severe storm spotter training in March. Topics will include: Thunderstorm development and features; tornadoes and other rotations; non-tornadic events, an...

"Designs of Duty," an exhibit featuring East Central Illinois veterans and their service-related tattoos, will be on display at Booth Library on the campus of EIU through May 11th. Related exhibits on...

Lake Land College is offering three seminars designed to instruct employees how to become more successful at work. The first course, Foundations of Employee Success, will be February 13th. The second ...

The annual Omega Nu wine and beer tasting to benefit the Mattoon to Peoria St. Jude Run will be February 7th from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Walkway in Mattoon. Tickets are $15.00 in advance, and $20.00 at...

A documentary entitled "The Heroin Project" will be shown at Charleston High School this Thursday (1/25) at 6:30. The program was produced by volunteers in Madison County and shows how one community r...

***Due to Saturday's forecast the Easter Egg Hunt Extravaganza has been moved to Broadway Christian Church in Mattoon. Join us on Saturday, March 24, for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! The Easter Bunny w...

Oscar Nominations Out/Complete List (Los Angeles, CA) -- The Oscar Nominations for 2018 are out. Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" continued its awards show streak, leading the pack with 13 no...

Tsunami watches and warnings are out for the entire West Coast as well as Hawaii. They were triggered after a massive earthquake struck about 175 miles off Alaska overnight. Its preliminary magnitude ...

Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation's annual dinner will be a celebration of Illinois' Bicentennial at Unique Suites in Charleston on February 16th at 6 pm. A first-person portrayal of Abraham Lincoln by Geo...

The annual Mitch Webb Open will be April 7th at Mattoon High School. The tournament features classes 5-6 year olds; 7-8 year olds; 9-11 year olds; middle school; high school, and adult. Registration i...