Angie's Chicago Style Pizza, attracting customers on campus and in the community with such specials as $1 pizzas, closed indefinitely Sunday night.

Jeff "Buzz" Sutherland declared, "that'll make your butt pucker!" after his first joke's punch line evolved into raucous laughter during his performance Friday night in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Ballroom.

The third annual Chuckstock music festival offered music, food and good times, but most Eastern students failed to take advantage of the free event.

Politicians are known for kissing babies and shaking hands.

Eastern's three-phase construction Master Plan, intended to materialize in the next decade and a half, is still in its early stages and is expected to be altered annually. Stephen Shrake, architect manager for design and construction, said significant work has been accomplished thus far with the phase one projects.

The elevator is stuck. There must be at least 30 people crowded in the tiny structure. You breathe slowly and deeply as beads of sweat begin to form on your forehead. Why won't the elevator move?

Coles County residents may get a break from the heat this week, but rainfall remains a question.

A Coles County judge Friday handed down a 12-year sentence to a Mattoon man who pleaded guilty to raping his mentally disabled brother.

Bill Feltt was upgraded from stable to fair condition Saturday, but his doctors tell him he is lucky to be alive.

The Charleston Alley Theatre will present Shakespeare's "Richard III" at 7:30 tonight at its 718 Monroe Ave. location.

The mosquito-born West Nile virus has yet to hit the residents of Charleston, and Gov. George Ryan is assisting in the control of the outbreak.

The debate over prayer in public schools could soon be much more vocal, thanks to a recent bill signed by Gov. George Ryan.