Category Archives: Overnights

The biggest biker event of summer returns August 12th. The 14th annual Camp New Hope Motorcycle Run. Entry fee is $10.00. Sign up will be from 10 to noon at Camp New Hope. The last stop will be the Ma...

The Illinois State Fair is adding a competitive eating contest this year. Three contestants will go head to head to see who can consume the most food in five minutes. Among those foods: watermelon, ca...

A veteran's town hall meeting will be held at Mattoon American Legion Post 88 on Friday, July 28th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Veteran's Affairs Illiana Health Care System's director and staff will discuss a ...

Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 26th, The Charleston Carnegie Public Library will host a Fun of Wheels event from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the south end of the library parking lot. The event is open to children ...

Relay for Life of Coles County starts at Noon on Saturday, August 19th at Peterson Park in Mattoon. Here are some of the events you will want to be part of: OPENING CEREMONY: We'll kick off the event ...

ERBA Head Start still has openings in the Mattoon, Neoga and Douglas County centers. You can sign up at the Mattoon center at 100 Moultrie July 25th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Head is a free prescho...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in Illinois for 2017. A Will County resident in his 60s became ill at the end of last month. West Nile vi...

(Washington, DC) -- Arizona Senator John McCain will be in Washington, D.C. tomorrow for a key Senate healthcare vote. Just last week, the Arizona Republican announced that he'd been diagnosed with br...

Details from a recent press release from Illinois State Police District 12, indicate a personal injury crash occurred the morning hours of Monday, July 24th, along I-70 eastbound at milepost 100, just...

The University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners of Effingham County will be hosting FREE Pollinator Garden Tours on Wednesday, July 26 from 9:00 am - 10:30 am. The Pollinator Garden is located a...