The Mattoon Police Department is issuing both a warning on vehicle burglaries and advice on how to avoid becoming a victim.

Six people were displaced, and one firefighter was injured after an apartment fire on Tuesday in Mattoon. The Mattoon Fire ...

A man who police said admitted to beating his mother with a hammer pleaded guilty to murder charges and was sentenced this ...

April was Distracted Driving Awareness Month and on Wednesday, the Mattoon Police Department announced the results of its ...

Six adults were displaced due to this fire because the electrical service there needed to be shut off due to several code violations being found within the affected apartments in ...

Blood donors can continue giving as part of the Battle of the Badges during the next week at ImpactLife's donation center at ...

MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - A Mattoon police officer who was on patrol Monday morning was able to help rescue people after spotting smoke coming from an apartment building. The officer saw smoke in ...

Many of Mattoon’s able-bodied men had joined the fight, and it was up to a woefully understaffed police force to maintain order. It could not. “I first noticed a sickening, sweet odor in the ...

MATTOON — As the solar eclipse neared the Coles County skies on Monday, it was the police departments in Charleston and Mattoon who sought to eclipse one another, at least on social media.

MATTOON - The Rev. Mark Prevo jokes that he became the new Mattoon Police Department chaplain for free coffee. And with his free cup of joe in hand during visits, the First Christian Church ...