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

It’s difficult to reach a high with Novocain and dental syringe. The loss of those items however, can make it difficult t for ...

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 ...

MATTOON - The Mattoon Police Department says they made five arrests in connection with various incidents on February 19 and 20. Mattoon police say officers were dispatched to Walmart at about 6:36 ...

has sought the assistance of the Mattoon Police Department and the general public with locating him. Lori Ames of Mattoon posted about her missing son, Doug Reed, on Wednesday on her Facebook page ...

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

MATTOON -- The deaths of two people found at a Mattoon home late Friday are being called a murder-suicide, according to police. A man and a woman were both found deceased at a home in the 800 ...

MATTOON — Police have arrested a husband and wife regarding a mob action incident that reportedly escalated from tossed garden gnomes to shots fired last month, and they are seeking an ...

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 ...