Gabe Newman, Assistant Sports Editor
• April 8, 2025
Charleston High School softball used a pair of home runs to secure an Apollo Conference doubleheader split against Mattoon Tuesday at Neco Field, losing game one 6-2 and winning game two 5-2.
The Trojans...
The Charleston High school baseball team was swept in an Apollo Conference doubleheader at Mattoon High School on Monday, losing game one 12-8 and losing game two 5-4.
The Trojans (1-5, 0-2) only...
Gabe Newman, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 15, 2025
Sophomore guard Sadie Phillips and junior forward Mekenzie Wanek-Clementi combined for 27 points, but it wasn’t enough for the Charleston girls’ basketball team in its regional quarterfinal game against...
Jason Coulombe, Assistant News Editor
• February 14, 2025
Charleston girls' basketball split the regular season series against Mattoon, losing 32-26 Thursday evening at Mattoon High School.
The first quarter was dominated by defense from both teams with...
Gabe Newman, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 2, 2025
Charleston girls’ basketball snapped its 41-game Apollo Conference losing streak, beating the Mattoon Greenwave 29-28 Saturday evening at Baker Gym.
The Trojans (5-19, 1-7) led for the entire game...
Gabe Newman, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 31, 2025
Junior guard Tyler Oakley and the rest of his Charleston High School boys’ basketball teammates have been looking forward to Saturday’s game for a while.
Ever since the Trojans (9-13, 1-3) began...
Mattoon police responded to a potential threat made against the St. John Lutheran Middle School Monday morning.
Interim Principal of St. John Lutheran School Meghan Hagen said the school received...
For the first time in 20 years, Lakeside Soccer Field will welcome home Josh Oakley, who will serve as the new head coach for Eastern’s men’s soccer team.
Oakley is a Mattoon native, who previously...
Sara Maddox, Contributing Writer
• December 6, 2018
The City of Mattoon is hosting its annual Celebrate Downtown Mattoon Light Up the Night Parade and Festival Friday, Dec. 7.
The festival and parade will take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and be held in...
Todd Maisch, president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, will be the guest speaker at the Charleston and Mattoon Chambers of Commerce Community Update Breakfast.
The breakfast is set for...
With the recent school shooting at Mattoon High School, the importance of having safety procedures in place is something that has been brought to the forefront for public consideration.
Kent Martin,...
Mattoon Arts Council is hosting the 6th annual Mattoon Art Works from 10am-6pm, Saturday June 10 in the new Heritage Park at 17th street and Broadway Ave., and the Mattoon depot.
This daylong event is...
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