The Chamber has honored former Journal Gazette publisher Bill Hamel posthumously with the Mattoon Icon Award, retired Lytle Park & Pool Superintendent Justin Grady as Citizen of the Year, and ...

The lottery announced last year that changes were coming in April, with arguably the biggest switch being the price of a ticket. Here's a look at what's happening.

An executive order he signed will eliminate the “de minimis provision” for goods from China and Hong Kong on May 2. Here's what that means.

I sat in the vet’s office, keeping vigil, as my dog-child went through the first two of four procedures needed to help bring ...

The American Library Association has unveiled the 10 most "challenged books" of 2024. Most have LGBTQ+ themes. Other ...

As Democrats try to unite around a new economic populism, Republicans can hardly believe their luck. Five months after President Donald Trump defeated then-Vice President Kamala Harris to win a ...

The city's cleanup day is set for 8-11 a.m. at its yard waste facility at Logan and Shelby, where roll-off containers will be ...

Anytime an investor sees they're losing money, it feels bad. This recent run feels particularly unnerving because of how calm the market had been. The S&P 500 came off a second straight year where it ...

Raising backyard chickens may not be everyone's answer to high egg prices, but Chicago-area advocates say it's all it's ...

MATTOON — A masked bandit wielding a sawed-off 12-guage shotgun held up Hardee's Restaurant here early Sunday. The restaurant was hit at 12:36 a.m. as it was closing. An undetermined amount of money ...

A person walks on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. School officials say the federal government is quietly deleting foreigners' student records instead of going through colleges, as ...

The Trump administration’s decision to close a regional Head Start office in Chicago has raised questions about how the ...