A new chapter of PFLAG has opened up in Charleston and members are eager to offer support to LGBT children and their parents.
The new Charleston chapter of PFLAG, which stands for Parents and Friends...
This was the 25th year of the Charleston, Ill. Red, White & Blue Days. These activities took place July 4, 2015 at Morton Park, including a Chalk-In hosted by the Coles County Arts Council, water hose...
The Charleston City Council will have an emergency meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall to officially select a mayor to fill the vacancy of Larry Rennels.
Rennels, who died in office Thursday,...
Captain Rat and the Blind Rivets, a '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll band based out of Champaign, is set to play at 2:30 p.m. on the Fourth of July at Morton Park for Charleston's Red, White and Blue Days.
The...
Services for Larry Rennels, the mayor of Charleston who died Thursday morning at age 67, have been set.
Family, friends and community members may attend a visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 28...
Editor's Note: This story has been updated as of 9 p.m. 6/25/15.
Charleston Mayor Larry Rennels died at about 7 a.m. Thursday at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon. He was 67.
Coles County...
Red, White and Blue Days will begin June 28 and continue through July 5, celebrating its 25-year anniversary as well as honoring the 40-year anniversary of the Vietnam War.
Festivities will take place...
The Charleston City Council will vote Tuesday on funding for general street maintenance throughout the year and buying portions of property on Harrison Avenue so the roads can be renovated.
Mayor Larry...
Monday marks the beginning of puppy and dog training summer sessions for Charleston’s parks and recreation department.
The classes are held at the dog training facility at 63 Mitchell Ave., just next...
A status pretrial and a jury trial were set Monday during a status trial for Larry Steeples, a man facing first-degree murder charges.
Steeples, 52, will have a status pretrial on July 28 and a jury...
