About 80 runners entered Charleston’s annual Challenge Mid-Winter Classic Saturday morning at Carl Sandburg Elementary School.   Participants could enter to run either a five-, 10- or 15-kilometer...

A man was found in Lake Charleston at approximately 11 a.m. according to a Charleston Police Department released a press release. Lincoln Fire Dive Team was able to quickly secure the person so that...

The Urban Butterfly Initiative will host the 5th Annual Charleston Butterfly Blitz.  This is a week-long event that begins from Saturday, July 22nd, and continues onto Sunday, July 30th.  The initiative...

Considering the fact that I have been traveling pretty far out for my adventures of the week recently, I decided that this week, I would stay more local to the Charleston area. Hey, I’m just saying...

The News contacted candidates with a list of questions to learn about them and their stances on various issues. The same questions were sent to al candidates listed on the Coles County 2022 General Election...

Usually, I would be writing from my ever-so-comfortable Andrews Hall, but I am back home in my Chicago-land suburbs. After being home for about a week, I have felt the need to re-adjust back home. I did...

Lovells Shoe Repair is a small shoe repair store near Charleston Square that has been mending broken soles, sewing bags and more for the past 43 years since 1979.  When entrepreneur Sara Lovell started...

The Charleston City Council approved a $79,522.05 purchase of five AutoPulse Systems from Zoll Medical Corporation for Charleston’s EMS on Tuesday night.  The Zoll AutoPulse is a battery-operated...

For the Regional Office of Education district #11, there has been a growing teacher shortage crisis for schools across Coles, Clark, Cumberland, Moultrie, Douglas, Edgar and Shelby counties. In...

The Charleston City Council unanimously approved an item rejecting all bids for the Sister City Phase II Maintenance Building Project. Charleston Mayor Brandon Combs said there was one bid for the project,...

Editor’s note: The name of the individual who reported the accused will be referred to as John Doe to protect his identity. Antonio Norman, a junior criminology major, was charged with aggravated...

Charleston’s City Council will vote on awarding a bid to a company to perform landscape waste tub grinding for the city. The lowest bidder for the project was R&R Services, Inc. from Argenta,...