The news source for Mattoon and Charleston, Illinois.
Also serving Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and Shelby counties.
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2003
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 | Tyler Whitworth and Ashley Warrem, fifth-graders, serve as co-anchors, while Mason Hayes, fifth-grader, operates the camera Tuesday for the Arland D. Williams Elementary School closed circuit morning news broadcast.Krista Lewin/staff photographer
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Local News
Leaders OK chamber merger: Next step to countywide group is vote by both memberships MATTOON -- Mattoon Chamber of Commerce board of directors on Tuesday agreed to send a County Chamber resolution to the organization's members for a vote next year. "This resolution vote will send it to the general membership on March 31," Mattoon Chamber of Commerce Interim Director Joe McKenzie said of the unanimous vote by 10 directors present for the vote Tuesday morning in Mattoon. "All the Mattoon members will have a chance to vote on the question." More of this story
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What the city giveth, others taketh away
Charleston raises taxes Convicted judge rotated among three prisonsClick here for more Local News
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Taylorville 61 Mattoon 54: Tornadoes run away from Wave MATTOON - A good old ugly, defensive battle got messed up when Taylorville had a great fourth quarter. After all that bad shooting for three quarters, the Tornadoes hit seven of nine shots from the field, converted 11 of 13 free throws and scored 27 points in the fourth quarter to rally to Tuesday's 61-54 non-conference basketball win at Mattoon. More of this story
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Girsl: Neoga 59 Casey-Westfield-Martinsville 42: Lady Indians win fifth straight over Warriors
Boys: Casey-Westfield 52 Neoga 50: Warner's shot lifts Warriors to big victory Girls Basketball Roundup: Lady Pirates fall to Marshall
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Local Features
Christmas, pioneer style Christmas customs as we know them today didn't start in east central Illinois until the 1860s. Before that, some pioneer families prepared special foods and celebrated, while others went on with life as usual. For instance, Christmas for the Thomas Lincoln family in 1845 meant taking care of chores as usual. But the Stephen and Nancy Sargent family read the Bible and had special food. By the 1860s, even more festivities were observed at the Reuben Moore home. More of this story
Rural King's small-town focus helps retail chain prosper
Theme-decorated trees up for auction to fund library's Young People's Area Central Illinois greenhouse grows poinsettias
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World News
U.S. Hunts for Militants North of Baghdad SAMARRA, Iraq - Using sledgehammers, crowbars, explosives and armored vehicles, U.S. forces smashed down the gates of homes and the doors of workshops and junkyards Wednesday to attack the Iraqi resistance that has persisted despite the capture of Saddam Hussein. Loud blasts mixed with the sound of women and children screaming inside the houses. An explosion at the gate of one compound shattered windows, cutting a 1-year-old baby with glass. U.S. medics treated the injury while other soldiers handcuffed four men, who were later released. More of this story
Judge OKs Unsupervised Trips for Hinckley
Thurmond Daughter: I Feel Completely Free Flu May Be Worst in Decades for U.S. Kids
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