On Thursday afternoon, two vehicles were involved in a car accident on the intersection of Division St. and Madison Ave. in Charleston.
Airbags were deployed and both vehicles were towed from the accident.
No...
A two vehicle accident on University Drive and W Grant Ave occurred late Monday afternoon with two being transported to the hospital.
The Charleston Police Department and Charleston Fire Department...
Editor's note: The following story is based on scanner audio from Sept. 19. Timestamps next to subheadings correspond with the attached audio clip.
The scanner audio from Sept. 19 shows what led up...
Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers confirmed the deaths of two motorcyclists, one on Monday and the other early Tuesday.
The first fatality was Jeffery B. Storm, 67, of Mattoon. He was pronounced dead at...
Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief
• September 20, 2021
Multiple questions have been brought to The News about how we covered the news of the car wreck Sunday afternoon and why we chose to cover it the way we did.
As Editor-in-Chief and one of the three...
A high-speed chase that began in Mattoon Sunday afternoon led to a 5-vehicle car wreck at the corner of University Drive and Lincoln Avenue in Charleston near CVS.
At least one person was airlifted due...
