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 Department responded to a structure fire ...

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

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

Then it gets even weirder. A local fortune teller, Edna James, apparently encountered an “ape-like man” with a “spray gun” ...

A Mattoon man who admitted to beating his mother to death with a hammer has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison.

MATTOON -- The City Council voted Tuesday evening to appoint Deputy Chief Jason Taylor as the next chief of the Mattoon Police Department. The appointment will be effective on Dec. 1, after the ...

MATTOON — A Mattoon man has been arrested after police say he killed his mother with a hammer. In a news release, the Mattoon Police Department reported that officers were dispatched at 9:04 a.m ...

A juvenile was airlifted to a hospital after being stabbed during a domestic dispute in Rantoul, according to police.