Coles County News

Like the divas who strutted the stage in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr.

Today marks the beginning of this year's Embarrass Valley Film Festival. Since 2004, the event has honored a specific person or theme connected to the Embarrass Valley.

The Embarras Valley Film Festival is an annual event. The festival was originally titled the Gregg Toland Day Festival which began in 2004 to honor the Charleston native.

With Thanksgiving break and finals right around the corner, thinking of a place to hang one's hat next year might be one of the furthest things from a student's mind.

Almost two dozen people applied for a vacant associate judge's position in Vermilion County Circuit Court.

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

'Sound of the World" will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the University Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr.

Eastern placed H1N1 vaccine orders early with the Illinois Department of Public Health, but as of yet have not received notice of when the vaccines will arrive.

The incumbent Coles County sheriff will be able to forgo the Feb. 2 primary election and focus his attention on the November general election.

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.

Ashmore- If you like being scared this Halloween, we may have the place you're looking for.

St. Omer's Cemetery, outside of Ashmore, home to many old tombstones, continues to scare with haunting tales and a dark, wooded setting.

The end of All Hallows' Eve this weekend marks the beginning of the holiday season: A season full of bright lights, colorful wrapping paper and thick eggnog.

City Manager Scott Smith talks about an agreement for the purchase of electrical services which was approved during the City Council meeting in City Hall on Tuesday evening.

Latinos now make up nearly four percent of Vermilion County's population. Community organizers want those people to adjust to their new community.

The Illinois Department of Veteransa Affairs hosted a Helping Our Hometown Heroes event today at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4325 in Mattoon for local Veterans, their families, and friends.

Mattoon-Local veterans now have more options for health care facilities. Veteran Affairs Illiana opened the doors to its new clinic in Mattoon.

The City Council intends to decide an electrical contract with Ameren during its regular meeting today that would allow the city to cut costs in coming years.

Coles County will see its first round of H1N1 vaccines soon, likely this week, said Cathie Reynolds, director of nursing at the Coles County Health Department.

Erik Rose protests taxes at the Charleston Post Office April 15. Rose is currently the head of the Coles County Minority Affairs Coalition.