Category Archives: Overnights

Take the kids to the 4th of July Parades, tomorrow. Mattoon will step off at 9am. Line up begins at 21st and Western at 8am. The parade will end at First Street. Meanwhile in Charleston, line up begin...

The Mattoon Farmers Market will be re-locating to Lytle Park as of this coming Friday. (7/7) It will be located on the old Bennett school property next to the 32nd Street entrance. The Farmer's Market...

Oblong will host its inaugural Summer Hootenanny on July 8th. Bring the family to the park for a full day of fun, including: sand volleyball, duck race on the lake, cornhole tournament, bounce houses,...

Dart for the Heart, a 5K run and walk to benefit Zale Walk and his family, will be held August 26th starting at 7:00 a.m. at the original Burger King in Mattoon. Register by August 12th for $25.00 and...

The Mattoon Arts Council is now accepting entries to its second Photography Show, sponsored by Consolidated Communications. It's open to amateur, professional and 6th to 12th grade student photographe...

The Charleston American Legion will hold its annual pancake and sausage breakfast on the Fourth of July (Tuesday) at Morton Park. Tickets are $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for kids 5-12, and free for kids 4...

Registration is underway for the Mattoon YMCA's late summer and fall soccer league. It's open to 4 to 14-year-old boys and girls. All games will be played on Saturdays, August 21st through October 21s...

Books and Babies will resume at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Thursdays in the Craft Room. This program will be taking place at 10:30am through July 20th. Bouncing rhymes, songs, finger pl...

Farmers in Coles, Cumberland, and Jasper Counties can apply for the Emergency Conservation Program to address damage from excessive rainfall and flooding from July 1st to July 31st. Call or stop by yo...

Embarras River Basin Agency, Inc. (ERBA) is taking applications for the CSBG School Supply Program, which provides required school supplies to eligible children attending kindergarten through 12th gra...