Mattoon News

The right towbar selection is as essential as selecting the "Right Toad". My Duncan towbar was sold to me by one of my best friends from Mattoon, IL, Ron Camfield.

If you are driving through or visiting Mattoon, Illinois, there are plenty of hotels for you to rest your head or relax at.

Mattoon, Illinois offers a few Chinese restaurants for those who enjoy a great tasting Chinese cuisine.

While shoppers make their last-minute trips Tuesday, officials at the Community Blood Services of Illinois hope they will make a small donation - of blood.

A 105-year-old, three-story building that was once the Mattoon National Bank has sold at auction for $38,000. Fred Decker donated the building to the Coles County Council on Aging.

Honoring Major General John Randolph Phipps United States and Illinois flags at half-staff from Sunrise, Thursday, December 17, 2009 until Sunset, Saturday, December 19, 2009.

Student Community Services and Chi Sigma Iota are sponsoring a toy drive to support families in need all over Coles County.

Until last weekend a 200-pound wooden likeness of a young Abe Lincoln learning to read had a treasured place at the Lincoln Springs Resort.

A Mattoon man was injured in a crash early today at Effingham. State police say 27-year-old Michael May was coming off an entrance ramp leading onto I-57/70 at the Fayette Avenue interchange when his vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a ditch and embankment.

Plans were announced Wednesday for Phase I of Coles Centre, a multi-hotel, convention center, retail and restaurant development located at the intersection of Illinois 16 and Lerna Road, just east of Interstate 57 on Mattoon's east side.A Construction is to begin in December.

The federal commitment of $1.1 billion and the work of the FutureGen Alliance bolsters U.S. Sen.

For an aspiring author, there may be no other career more lucrative than writing for film.

Rural King Supply, a fast-growing farm equipment and supply retailer, plans to open a store in Collinsville next year, and company and city officials say it's a good match for both.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lumpp of Shelbyville will celebrate thier 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner in Mattoon.

An exhibit that honors the Illinois servicemembers who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan will be on display Wednesday at Soldier Field.

Lake Land College will now provide all adult education services previously shared with the Mattoon school district.

Almost all businesses try to lure customers in by way of bargain prices, special offers, crazy gimmicks and even the enter-to-win maneuver.

For many high school students and their parents, the transition into adulthood can be challenging, but for many disabled students across the state, the challenge can be multiplied.

Randy Kalal, an English-as-a-second-language instructor in Mattoon, talks about the number of ESL students by Illinois community during Saturday's English Language Learners Conference in Buzzard Hall hosted by the Student Association for the Education of Young Children.

Gene Johnston of Shelbyville will celebrate his 80th birthday on November 7. Gene was born in Shelby County on November 7, 1929 to Paul and Ruby Johnston.