Lerna News

A Mattoon man agreed to prison time when he admitted that he failed for the second time to register his address with police as someone with a conviction for a sex offense.

A Mattoon man agreed to prison time when he admitted that he failed for the second time to register his address with police as someone with a conviction for a sex offense.

At tonight's city council meeting, the board will authorize the sale of the city's 1965 Massey Ferguson Tractor.

The Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association announced that its 2008 Board of Director Elections will take place at the Annual Meeting on Saturday, August 16, 2008, at 12:00 noon at Balmoral Park Race Track ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Sunday he is working with Sen. Barack Obama and the Illinois congressional delegation to bring federal disaster aid to Illinois before cities and towns along the Illinois and ...

Homeowners are still picking up the pieces after last week's tornado tore through parts of Coles County.

Tim Miller drives his boat down River Road past his neighbor's cabin on Thursday afternoon.

Good news came recently on the Lincoln front as President Bush signed legislation allotting $15 million to help fund long-range projects relating to the 16th president.

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site will conduct a series of craft workshops that will begin next week. via Journal-Gazette

A Mattoon man was sentenced to prison for his conviction for threatening to kill a police officer. via Journal-Gazette

“He's definitely a role model to other students with disabilities. He's determined. He can draw a crowd when he plays his guitar”

By DAWN SCHABBING, Features Writer dschabbing@jg-tc.com Bradley Bragg looks far beyond what others might see as a disability. via Journal-Gazette

“We really wanted to use something more period-related”

A drum thought to have been played at Charleston's Lincoln-Douglas debate will have another connection to the historical event, and will help commemorate the event as well. via Journal-Gazette

“You will own a piece of this property”

The owners of farmland once owned by Abraham Lincoln want to give people a chance to own a little piece of history _ a very little piece. via Daily Chronicle Online

“It is my hope that by reading this book, a grieving parent might find peace from the nagging feeling that their child 'needs' them, and they can't 'help.'”

Sherry Toothman believes in heaven and that children there are safe and well cared for. via Journal-Gazette

A judge said he didn't believe a burglary suspect's version of the crime and gave him a prison term that was longer than what the prosecutor agreed to recommend. via Journal-Gazette

“It's our way of spending Christmas with her”

Those who gathered Saturday evening in Broadway Christian Church's sanctuary were not part of the same family or congregation, but they shared a common bond. via Journal-Gazette

“I just think and how it would change the family if she wasn't here right now”

Doctors say it's a miracle a toddler from Coles County isn't dead today. When Amanda Taylor was tested for lead, she had 13-times the safe limit in her body. via IllinoisHomepage.net

Mark Allen's Journal Click here to see the latest in Mark Allen's Journal. With love, laughter, music and memories he shares these stories with you. via WTHI-TV Terre Haute

“I've tried to find all the ones I played as a kid and I've managed to find most of them by now.”

Brian Saunders sometimes hears voices as he works in a shed near his home in Lerna. via Chicago Tribune