Questions about environmental impact and property taxes linger as Central Illinois counties and the state draft data center regulations.
- Rob Stroud
Emergency responders and Kingspan staff have been honored for saving the life of a truck driver who had a heart attack and was found without a pulse on Jan. 20 at this factory.
- Rob Stroud
The Coles County Board is set to consider a proposal to place an advisory referendum on the ballot regarding the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state.
- Rob Stroud
Democrats Paul Davis, Kyle Nudo, Randy Raley and Jennifer Todd, and Republican Ryan Tebrugge took part in the forum. Not present were Republicans Judy Bowlby and incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, who was at the State of the Union address.
- Scott Perry
Organizers say an 'Empty Chair' town hall event was spurred by a recent email sent by U.S. Rep. Mary Miller seeking opinions from her constituents.
- Scott Perry
15th Congressional District candidates forum will take place from 7 to 9:00 p.m. at the Burgess Auditorium, 1701 Wabash Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
- BEN SZALINSKI AND BRENDEN MOORE Capitol news Illinois
GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Heidner is betting that his alignment with President Donald Trump, business background and outsider status will win him the nomination.
Two long-serving politicians covered a wide swathe of topics, from gerrymandering to social media, bipartisanship and faith in the Constitution.
The Charleston and Mattoon city councils have voted to support a Coles County Enterprise Zone expansion that would include adding in Ashmore and offering single-family housing development incentives.
Democrats seeking new taxes while Republicans call for limiting spending
ICE agents arrested five men on their way to work at a Du Quoin sawmill. Their visa status remains unclear, and local officials say they were not notified beforehand.
Local officials have proposed expanding the Coles County Enterprise Zone to include both a new development incentive option, single-family housing, and a new participant, the Village of Ashmore.
The public hearing on the proposal to establish a housing focused TIF district on the south side of Mattoon is set for 6 p.m. March 17 in City Hall.
In-person early voting will be offered on weekdays Feb. 5-March 16 at the courthouse in Charleston, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and at First Presbyterian Church in Mattoon, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The state grant funded Top Ten Roads Resurfacing project includes the Division and Fourth street entrances to EIU's campus, plus three different sections of Harrison Avenue, stretching from Division to Illinois 16.
CHARLESTON — The Embarras Area Water District is looking into using the city of Charleston as an additional supply source.
The Mattoon City Council will vote on projects to expand the Marshall Avenue fire station and improve stormwater drainage on the southwest side of town during its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3 in City Hall.
Citing "unspeakable acts of violence" committed by federal immigration officers, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday proposed a state law to ban local police across New York from working with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on immigration raids.
City crews started spreading salt on streets on Tuesday as temperatures increased and they anticipate being back at snow removal full force on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
A water main break has prompted the city to issue boil order on Tuesday, Jan. 27 for the area east of Interstate 57 and for Dewitt Ave East from the Fields Church to I-57.
Residents are encouraged to move parked vehicles, boats, trailers, basketball hoops, garbage cans and other potential obstacles to plows to help with city street clearing efforts, even if they do not live on snow routes.
Charleston is seeking a $1.4 million grant for roadwork at the proposed site in the Coles Business Park for Coles-Moultrie's new corporate office.
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A draft ordinance regulating data centers is being prepared by Logan County as Hut 8 proposes such a project in the Latham area.
The site at Richmond and 10th will be part of a three-phase facility known as Momentum Park that will be focused on cycling and funded with the help of grants and donations.
The city is working with the Central Illinois Land Bank Authority on a project aimed at demolishing about half a dozen abandoned houses at the northwest corner of Piatt Avenue and 33rd Street so the lots can be redeveloped for new homes.
A billboard proclaiming "Mary Miller has failed Illinois" has been placed at Illinois 16 and U.S. 45 in Mattoon, in the Republican congresswoman's home county, by the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association. More are planned across the district, including Decatur.
The Mattoon City Council and department directors will hold a strategic planning retreat starting at 8 a.m. Monday in the public library's community room.
The city has made plans to upgrade the water treatment plant to improve the quality of its product, and to improve water and sewer infrastructure along County Road 1000N and throughout town to promote economic development.
Mattoon's collection is scheduled for Jan. 5-6, and Charleston's is set for Jan. 7-8. The cities have reported that all live trees needing picked up must be placed on the boulevard by 7 a.m. on the day the collections start.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law Friday that will allow terminally ill adults in Illinois to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians.