Charleston News

Sammy L. Riggens Jr., 51, died July 11, 2008, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Citizens for Recycling will travel to the Urbana Recycling Company on Monday. According to group member Donna Wieck, about eight community members are expected to make the trip.

It was standing room only Monday night at the first of many community meetings to get Charleston neighbors hooked on "going green." Close to 80 people came out to the library to talk about what's holding them ...

Police have no clue who originally sent the text message. They say it's virtually impossible to track down the source of it because it was forwarded to so many people cross county.

Tired of being an Illinois accountant, Bob Stewart stopped pushing a pencil and started spreading mayonnaise, mustard and other condiments.

Charleston contractors have something to look forward to with the increase in Illinois wage rates.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Eastern Illinois University President Bill Perry's arrival at Eastern.

This weekend's drowning at Lake Shelbyville is the latest in a string at the lake.

There's been a big stink on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, but people were lining up to take a look and grab a whiff.

Faced with skyrocketing energy prices, many companies are scrambling to pick alternative energy sources.

In a fun moment following Tuesday night's city council meeting, mayor John Inyart leans over his desk to examine the newly redesigned council chamber.

CHARLESTON -- Jason Murray has resigned after four seasons as Charleston Southern's baseball coach.

Mississippi integrated its public schools in 1970, but segregation still haunts parts of the culture.

Eastern Illinois University in Charleston and the University of Houston in Texas have both selected relationship management software from Azorus to help improve their yield rates, the numbers that show how many ...

After being arrested on suspicion of laundering money, a veteran of the countercultural Yippie movement has left a central Illinois jail with two obstruction of justice charges and a court date.

While recent storms went north of Logan County, more are approaching. And officials are crossing their fingers that the worst of the flooding - which has already claimed one life in central Illinois - is over.

High winds and storms have left thousands without power, damaged businesses, blown trucks off highways and caused delays and cancellations at Chicago's airports.

The Advisory Council of the Coles County Retired and Senior Volunteer Program met recently to finalize the plans for the Jonah Fish Fry to be held on Friday at the Mattoon Area Senior Center, 204 S. 21st St.

Storms that spawned four tornadoes claimed the life of one man when his car was swept away by swift, high water in eastern Illinois.

Storms that spawned at least two tornadoes may also have killed at least one person in rural eastern Illinois.