Bagelfest returned to Mattoon with much fanfare in 2021 after last year's festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Members of Resurrection: A Journey Tribute Band talk about what it's like to return to the stage after 2020 performances were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carl and Rachel Lender talk about their Bagelfest visit plans.
Elvis' Place co-owner Jason York from West Frankfort talks about his food booth reopening at Mattoon Bagelfest in Peterson Park following heavy rainfall Thursday afternoon.
McQuarter's Pub kitchen manager Ron Maggi prepares a California turkey bagel sandwich with steak fries on Monday at this restaurant at the Cross County Mall in Mattoon as a Bagelfest week special.
Preteen Miss Bagelfest contestants dance to Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling" during the pageants on Saturday at The Fields Church in Mattoon.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally appeared in the Bagel Gazette in 2014.
MATTOON -- Rachel Holder and Jason Pritchett, music artists, will bring their country flair to Bagelfest this year as one of several acts for the week.
MATTOON -- Country artist Chase Bryant will be finishing out the list of main stage music performances at Bagelfest.
MATTOON (JG-TC) -- Organizers would like to see more pooches and pooch owners in the annual Bagel Bow Wow contest.
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Sixteen-foot-tall Grace the Shark can be found leaping from a field along Coles County Road 1200E southwest of Charleston.
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The U.S. Senate has confirmed the appointment of a federal magistrate from southern Indiana to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate voted 60-31 Monday to confirmed Doris L. Pryor. Since March 2018, Pryor has served as magistrate judge for the Southern District of Indiana. Before that, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana says Pryor “is a public servant of the highest caliber.” She will be the first Black from Indiana ever to serve on the 7th Circuit, which covers Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.
Authorities say a car has gone out of control and slammed into a suburban Chicago restaurant, sending a family of four to a hospital. They say the crash occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Monday at a Culver’s restaurant in Morton Grove. They say the car went across a parkway and a drive-through lane and slammed into a seating area where the family was dining. Firefighters say members of the family suffered minor injuries. It's not clear what caused the car to careen out of control. Police say an elderly man was driving the car.
The hospitals in Indiana’s largest health system and in its most populous county say they've begun visitor restrictions because of a rise in reported cases of flu and other respiratory viruses. The restrictions will go into effect by Tuesday at all IU Health hospitals. They began Monday at all hospitals in Marion County, home to Indianapolis. The IU Health restrictions include only immediate family, only two at a time and no visitors under age 18 except parents or guardians and none who have flu-like or COVID-19 symptoms. Also, masking is required. Similar restrictions are in place at all Marion County hospitals.
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Martin ran unopposed in November, paving his way to the office left vacant by the last elected sheriff, Jimmy Rankin.
A former Charleston police officer who fled the country after being charged with three sex crimes was sentenced Monday to six years in prison on lesser charges.
Stepped-up patrols and seat belt enforcement zones will be seen in Mattoon and across state through Nov. 28.
Hannah Strode is charged with "making contact of an insulting or provoking nature."
Lumpkin Family Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant for helping plan trees in boulevards, recreation areas and other city property.
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The near-total abortion ban likely will remain unenforceable for the near future after a judge found the statute runs afoul of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The Illinois attorney general’s office is currently defending more than 20 civil matters challenging some aspect of the state’s laws and rules around firearms ownership.