Five former Northside High School students have reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit claiming they were sexually abused by the school’s soccer coach and technology specialist.

MATTOON — The new chief, Jeff Hilligoss, who is helping guide the future of the Mattoon Fire Department has a long family and professional history with this organization.

MATTOON — The 2023 Lightworks display at Peterson Park and the Santa House there will open for the season with a walk-through event on Thursday, Nov. 16.

One of five men sent to prison for the rape and murder of a middle school classmate two decades ago walked out of an Illinois prison Friday, exonerated by new DNA evidence that also has cleared at ...