The Coles County Sheriff's Office reported that these charges resulted from its investigation of the Oakland Fire Protection District.
The Mattoon Police Department has reported that the suspect and victim knew each other, and that the stabbing was an isolated incident.
An appellate court threw out one charge and sent another back to trial court for a Coles County man convicted of sexually assaulting a child.
Detectives are investigating after a shooting that left a 20-year-old woman dead and 4-year-old child injured, police said.
The collision occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m. Thursday at North 19th Street and Coles County Road 900 North.
On Feb. 7, a federal judge issued an order finding Midwest Home Care in Mattoon liable for back wages and damages.
A 32-year-old Chillicothe man pleaded guilty Wednesday to igniting a health center last month in Peoria.
The defense, prosecution and judge will be reviewing five Illinois State Police investigation reports in advance of a March 21 telephone conference on scheduling a hearing.
The Mattoon Police Department made 171 arrests for meth possession in 2022.
Crews found a smoldering fire in a trash can in the men's restroom at the Amtrak depot.
A Sullivan man accused of driving though a Shelby County cemetery and damaging several tombstones has been charged with criminal damage to property.
A former assistant Coles County state’s attorney has been charged with 32 counts of misconduct over interactions with three Coles County women, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office.
Personnel from the Coles County Sheriff's Office and Charleston Police Department responded to the reported burglary.
Two Mattoon men are being held in the Coles County Jail, each on a $150,000 bond, for an alleged home invasion early Sunday.
A Pana man officials describe as a “repeat offender” has been charged with multiple counts of possession of child pornography and violating the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Illinois State Police announced the arrest of 29-year-old Hayden Miller of Shelbyville.
The suit alleges that children are being held in detention for months without necessary medical and mental health treatment, educational opportunities, or consistent access to friends and family.
The suit alleges that children are being held in detention for months without necessary medical and mental health treatment, educational opportunities, or consistent access to friends and family.
A Shelby County jury on Friday found Chris Williams, 56, of Tower Hill, guilty of four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.
The trail of a child kidnapping in 2007 led to an apartment in Kirkwood where Shawn Hornbeck, missing for more than four years, was found too.
Judge commits defendant to mental health treatment in the care of the Department of Human Services after ferocious attack.
A Stewardson man who was convicted of trying to shoot to death an Effingham man he was involved in a dispute with has been sentenced to 26 years in prison.
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Nichole Kroncke looking to spend more time in the courtroom.
Mitchell Lipka was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison for the child pornography charge and three years for the meth charge.
An officer located her vehicle parked outside the mall and discovered the woman's body inside. Police say the death is not suspicious.
Police have made an arrest in the hit-and-run crash that left a Decatur man dead.
Kaddie D. Cox, 29, was arrested Monday and is currently being held in the Coles County Jail.
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.