Category Archives: Overnights

The United Way of Coles County's annual auction will be held October 25th from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at the Mattoon Golf and Country Club. The evening includes live and silent auctions, hors d'oeuvres and ca...

The Effingham County Sportsman Club will host a Shoot for the Cure October 20th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Cost is $30 for 75 pink targets. $2.00 from each round will be donated to the local cancer s...

Taylor Swift Becomes Most Decorated Female AMA Winner (Undated) -- Taylor Swift is officially the most decorated female American Music Awards winner. The pop star picked up four awards last night - fa...

Illinois Voters Can Still Register To Vote (Springfield, IL) -- You did not miss the deadline to register to vote in Illinois. Yesterday, October 9th, was the last day to register and vote later. The ...

"Elf on the Shelf" is the theme for this year's Mattoon Christmas Parade, which will be held on November 17th. Categories are: commercial; non-profit/service organization; and religious organization. ...

Charleston Carnegie Public Library's monthly Library Legos will be on Wednesday, October 17th, from 4:00-5:15pm in Rotary Room A. This free event is for children who are in grades K-8 and who no longe...

Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 317 PM CDT Tue Oct 9 2018   This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois including:...

For Immediate Release Work on Illinois 121 Begins Oct. 15 MATTOON - The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that work to improve the Eastern Illinois Railroad crossing on Illinois 121, 8 m...

The Mattoon Fire Department will begin flow-testing and painting fire hydrants this week (10/8-12). The hydrants will be flowed between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During this time,...

Congressman John Shimkus is scheduled to present more than half a million dollars in federal grant awards today. $237-thousand dollars will go to the Ashmore Fire Protection District to help purchase ...