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

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

A gunman was pronounced dead Thursday night after he was wounded during a struggle with a Chicago police officer and his gun ...

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

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

MATTOON — The driver of the vehicle that crashed through the wall of a Mattoon nursing home, killing one resident and injuring another, reportedly told police that he had smoked cannabis a few ...

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

(Males) are just eating machines, and they cover a tremendous amount of territory,” an Illinois game warden said.

This is a tight budget year, but investing $103 million in "Home for Good" can save lives, create jobs and reduce violence ...

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett will donate $50,000 to a local nonprofit organization to settle a city lawsuit that ...