The donated Christmas trees were placed in water approximately 10 feet deep at the south end of the lake to serve as habitat for bluegill, crappie and other fish.

(WCIA) — The body of 67-year-old Shelby County Coroner, Brad Phegley, was found in Lake Mattoon after an apparent ... IDNR Conservation Police and Illinois State Police. Shelby County Deputy ...

The 2025 Boat Show was held at the Mattoon Cross County Mall this weekend. Vendors from throughout Central Illinois selling ... and son would go out on the lake in a 40-year-old aluminum bass ...

Incumbents Jim Closson, Dave Cox and David Phipps and challengers Erica Butler, Rolando Monte de Oca and Noah Olson are ...

Lake Land College in Mattoon said numbers for their English Language Acquisition program are booming. They started off with a ...