While Democrats were spending their political energies enforcing gender-neutral vocabulary to please their progressive base, Republicans were executing a methodical and, frankly, brilliant strategy to solidify their base with a singular objective.
My firm belief is the internet can change the world by making us all realize our similarities are far greater than our differences.
From a smattering of classrooms across Mattoon to the expansive institution it is today, Lake Land College has grown like gangbusters in its 50-year history.
Parents of grown children, please sit down with a sobering cup of black coffee. I have some harsh news for you. Your kids don’t want your stuff. Don’t take it personally. It’s not that they don’t love you. They don’t love your furniture.
We tend to think of hydrangeas as one big group, but in actuality there is quite a bit of diversity among hydrangeas.
He likes polished chrome. I like distressed wood. He likes leather. I like linen. He likes bold. I like subtle. And so, as DC and I began picking art for our new blended home (and negotiating what of each other’s we would keep), it got, umm, interesting.
Even though spring officially began in March, the month of April normally starts the gardening season for us here in Central Illinois.
After all the fuss of the November election cycle, is next week's local election even on your radar?
Mattoon city officials are wise to consider the cost of “kicking the can down the road.”
From a smattering of classrooms across Mattoon to the expansive institution it is today, Lake Land College has grown like gangbusters in its 50-year history.
The following editorial represents the collective opinion of editorial boards of the following papers owned by Lee Enterprises: The Pantagraph; Herald & Review, Decatur; The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale; Quad-City Times; and Journal-Gazette & Times-Courier, Mattoon.
The cold of winter is a great time to think of some of the good work that is done in our communities.
Shame on the Coles County officials who allowed 16 years to pass without regular property assessments.
We have high expectations for the new year as it peeks over the horizon, and we're hopeful that Coles County and the surrounding area has a booming 2017.
Browse through recently listed homes in the Mattoon, Charleston & Coles County real estate market and find your next home!
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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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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 woman was driving the car.
A jury has awarded more than $2.6 million to three former Lake County employees who claimed the county clerk fired them because they supported her opponent in the 2016 election. One of Lake County Clerk Erin Cartwright Weinstein’s first acts after taking office in December 2016 was to fire three former top deputies of former clerk Keith Brin, whom she defeated in the election. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Weinstein, who won a second term as clerk in 2020, denied that the firings were tied to the trio’s support for Brin. The former workers’ attorney said Friday’s verdict showed the jurors believed they were fired because they weren’t on Weinstein’s team.
Hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees visit the Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine in Des Plaines, making the Midwest celebration the second largest one after Mexico City.
Wondering about the margin of victory for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other state Democrats? Here are the election results certified this week.
The pessimist would say that General Electric's Mattoon Lamp Plant is doomed to close its doors forever after August 2017.
Whether you're teaching a task to a child, coaching a team or leading a business, you see success sooner when you praise good work rather than punish a mistake.
A number of downstate public universities might consider changing policies to avoid the expensive lesson learned by Chicago State University.CSU, like Illinois State, the University of Illinois, Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois, is a state-supported public university. Like its brethren…
Looking for a way to right the ship that is this state's severely listing financial situation, Illinoisans are clamoring for term limits for members of the General Assembly.
Most folks would say that a salary of $100,000 for a full-time job is a pretty good gig. A six-figure salary for a part-time job is the stuff of fantasy.
If you’ve spent any time at all driving around Mattoon or Charleston lately, you’ve no doubt seen a few of the changes already. As featured in Rob Stroud’s recent front page story in the JG-TC, new businesses and expansions are proving to be a sign of positive economic growth in the communit…
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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."
Wondering about the margin of victory for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other state Democrats? Here are the election results certified this week.
Lumpkin Family Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant for helping plan trees in boulevards, recreation areas and other city property.
Illinois’ gun debate: Legislation, litigation and emotion fuel one of the state’s most polarizing conflicts.
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.