{"id":44667,"date":"2026-08-20T19:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=44667"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:16:08","slug":"building-collapse-in-downtown-mattoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/44667-building-collapse-in-downtown-mattoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Collapse in Downtown Mattoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Photo by Joel Flexter<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Early Thursday afternoon, a building collapsed in downtown Mattoon, with no word on injuries at this time.\u00a0 The building adjoins the Mattoon Little Caesar&#8217;s Restaurant, and is located where Western Avenue intersects 19th Street.\u00a0 A vape shop was one of the businesses believed to occupy part of the building.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The City of Mattoon is continuing to assess the situation and clean up the area.\u00a0 Several roads that were closed have now been re-opened.\u00a0 As of 6:30 p.m., the only remaining road closures are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Western Avenue from 19th to 20th Street<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">and<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prairie Avenue from 19th to 20th Street<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Residents and travelers are asked to avoid the area to allow emergency personnel and equipment safe access.\u00a0 They advise that there is no need for residents to come to that area, and to please use alternate routes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mattoon City Officials hope to provide additional information, including updates to road closures, as it becomes available.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj xzsf02u x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Joel Flexter Early Thursday afternoon, a building collapsed in downtown Mattoon, with no word on injuries at this time.\u00a0 The building adjoins the Mattoon Little Caesar&#8217;s Restaurant, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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