A Mattoon man admitted to police he struck his mother in the head with a hammer several times, resulting in her death. On Feb ...

A 60-year-old woman was found dead with blunt force trauma to her head on Friday morning, prompting a homicide investigation by Mattoon police.Officers were dis ...

The Mattoon Police Department reported that Douglas Reed, 31, of Mattoon reportedly admitted to striking his mother several ...

Reed was located in Moultrie County by Mattoon police later that morning. MPD said that during an interview, Reed "admitted to striking his mother several times to the head with a hammer in the early ...

Charleston High School girls’ basketball will play Mattoon in the regional quarterfinals of the class 3A Illinois High School ...

Indiana looks to add 33 counties from Illinois that voted to leave the state - Republicans are considering the proposal after ...

Stephanie Lulay, Executive editor and Co-Founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...

Texas Roadhouse's Mattoon location is tentatively scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2025 at 1500 Fort Worth Way, ...

The lawsuit alleges race discrimination, claiming the engineering company falsely singled out the minority-owned II for One ...

Democrats continue to hold a supermajority in the House thanks to illegally gerrymandered House districts, House Republicans ...

ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow. Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a ...

The Mattoon Walmart is located at 101 Dettro Dr, Mattoon, IL. According to a press release from the Mattoon Police Department, on Saturday 11, deputies were dispatched to the Walmart parking lot ...