A Newton resident will begin to serve a prison sentence for aggravated domestic battery. 18-year-old Kaileb Keener was ...

Effingham city council members heard about a $3 million grant at this week's meeting. The Regional Site Readiness grant is ...

Scott Kabbes led off by immediately saying the developers don't own the mall, noting that it was 3 months ago when their ...

Two young children were killed in a house fire Friday morning in Janesville, a community on the Cumberland-Coles county line. Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers has identified the children as ...

Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Spring 2025 enrollment is up 3.3%, or 344 students, compared to last year. The increase, the second year in a row of over 3%, follows a Fall that saw the ...

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) is encouraging everyone in Illinois to practice how to Drop, Cover, and Hold On! during Earthquake Awareness Month.

A Mattoon man has been arrested for the murder of his mother. Mattoon city police say 31-year-old Douglas R. Reed admitted to striking his mother several times in the head with a hammer in the early ...

The structure is deemed uninhabitable. The American Red Cross was contacted to assist the occupant. Most fire units cleared ...

Teutopolis village board members this week decided to hold off on reimbursing the village for Tax Increment Financing district funds. Some major projects are in the works for this year so those will ...