The Illinois State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor filed five aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges against a 27-year-old on Monday related to alleged encounters in 2017 involving a teenage female,...
The Coles County Clash, the annual football rivalry between Mattoon and Charleston played at O’Brien Field, is back today at 7 p.m.
While this game is a big deal for both high schools, as they...
Luke Bonnstetter is prepared to play in his final Coles County Clash.
The senior quarterback is currently in his second year of being the Trojan starting signal caller.
Now, Bonnstetter is hoping...
Not many Illinois High School Association football players get to say they played in a college football stadium. After all, that honor is typically reserved for late playoff rounds and the state finals.
However,...
Alex Seymour, a student at Mattoon High School, remembers seeing her art class huddled in a cornfield, crying to their parents over the phone in the aftermath of a shooting that happened in her school’s...
A phone call, a text and some rumors of shots fired at Mattoon High School interrupted Eastern students and community members’ days last Wednesday.
Student Body President Luke Young and freshman biological...
The shooting at Mattoon High School was among one of the topics talked about at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting, where math and physical education teacher Angela McQueen was praised for being the...
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,...
The Coles County School Facility Tax referendum, which was presented on the ballot three times before, won the popular vote by 54.09% in the general election Tuesday night.
The unofficial...
Student involvement on and off campus is something that is frequently seen when people walk through Eastern campus.
Some students will start a Registered Student Organization, and others will improve...
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