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According to a MFD press release, Mattoon Fire Department responded to a working structure fire at #24 Lake Land Mobile Estates, Monday, March 13, 2017, at 0732 a.m. Upon arrival on the scene, fire cr...

Dick Clark Productions Ends Sale To Chinese Billionaire (Undated) -- The Bandstand won't be going Chinese. The owner of Dick Clark Productions has ended talks on a one-billion-dollar sale to China's W...

Illinois Senate Looks To Grow Tax Base (Springfield, IL) -- Your next Netflix binge could come with a new tax. It could be the same for your next tattoo, or lawn care appointment, or trip to the dry c...

The annual East Central Illinois Heart Walk will be held April 29th at Lake Land College. This year's honorary chairman is Zale Walk, the soon-to-be one-year-old son of Vince and Katie Walk, whose lif...

McAfee Gym will be a training site for local law enforcement officers on Tuesday and Thursday, March 14th and 16th. Be advised that officers will be using blanks in various scenarios to simulate the s...

A vendor quarter auction to benefit Area 9 Special Olympics will be held March 16th at the Mattoon American Legion. Among the items you can bid on: jewelry, yard dcor, makeup, kitchenware, purses, cra...

A 45-year-old guy named Gregory Heilig crashed his car in Gainesville, Florida on Sunday and blocked a lane of traffic. When the cops got there, they gave him a breathalyzer test, and he blew a .233 a...

The world right now has some SERIOUS issues. But what if you could live in a world that didn't? The only catch is . . . it's totally fake. A new survey asked people if they'd be willing to trade in th...

Another week has flown by way to quickly, but always exciting in the same to say Finally Friday!!! Welcome to your final Hot 8@8 Countdown for the week of March 6th through the 10th with Smoky's House...

The website Glassdoor.com just released their list of the highest paying jobs in America in 2017, and it sure is lucrative to be a drug dealer. A legal one, since almost all of the top jobs are medici...