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

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

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

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 Police Department press release reported that the first man was arrested at 6:38 p.m. Monday in the 3200 block of Shelby Avenue for allegedly striking a female during a domestic ...

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

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 ...

The school board member, Mattoon police Capt. John Hedges, who will present the diploma to him, helped save Pearcy at the very first stage of his life. Hedges provided lifesaving CPR to Pearcy ...