There were 1.7 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending April 6. Statewide, the average temperature was 47.2 degrees, 0.1 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 3.39 inches, 2.71 inches […]

Fire damaged an apartment building in Mattoon early Monday. A Mattoon police officer on routine patrol noticed smoke in the 1400 block of Charleston Avenue shortly before 4am. The officer […]

Following a two-day trial, a jury found a Centralia man guilty of federal charges of distributing cocaine and fentanyl in Marion County. Broderick K. Currie, also known as Broderick K. […]

Fire damaged an apartment building in Mattoon early Monday. A Mattoon police officer on routine patrol noticed smoke in the 1400 block of Charleston Avenue shortly before 4am. The officer […]

Daniel M. Largent, 69, of Brownstown, died at 10:45 a.m., Monday, April 7, 2025 at HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield. Arrangements are pending Gieseking Funeral Home, Brownstown. Online condolences may […]