The News contacted candidates with a list of questions to learn about them and their stances on various issues. The same questions were sent to al candidates listed on the Coles County 2022 General Election...
Usually, I would be writing from my ever-so-comfortable Andrews Hall, but I am back home in my Chicago-land suburbs. After being home for about a week, I have felt the need to re-adjust back home. I did...
Rob Le Cates, Assistant Photo Editor
• April 14, 2022
Lovells Shoe Repair is a small shoe repair store near Charleston Square that has been mending broken soles, sewing bags and more for the past 43 years since 1979.
When entrepreneur Sara Lovell started...
Rob Le Cates, Assistant Photo Editor
• February 1, 2022
The Charleston City Council approved a $79,522.05 purchase of five AutoPulse Systems from Zoll Medical Corporation for Charleston’s EMS on Tuesday night.
The Zoll AutoPulse is a battery-operated...
For the Regional Office of Education district #11, there has been a growing teacher shortage crisis for schools across Coles, Clark, Cumberland, Moultrie, Douglas, Edgar and Shelby counties.
In...
The Charleston City Council unanimously approved an item rejecting all bids for the Sister City Phase II Maintenance Building Project.
Charleston Mayor Brandon Combs said there was one bid for the project,...
Editor’s note: The name of the individual who reported the accused will be referred to as John Doe to protect his identity.
Antonio Norman, a junior criminology major, was charged with aggravated...
Charleston’s City Council will vote on awarding a bid to a company to perform landscape waste tub grinding for the city.
The lowest bidder for the project was R&R Services, Inc. from Argenta,...
Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter
• November 1, 2021
If the 48 stars on the American flag don’t illustrate the age of the Greenwood School in Charleston, Illinois, then maybe the decrepit bookshelves or the toys at the front of the room will.
The one-room...
The Charleston City Council approved engineering companies for the $7.4 million The Wastewater Treatment Plant Nutrient Removal Project Tuesday night.
Mayor Brandon Combs said the project is...
Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter
• September 26, 2021
A world of puzzles and challenges exists just a two-minute walk away from Old Main at 1505 7th St.
It's called Breakout Escape Games, and it’s run by Doug West and Elyssa McQuality, an engaged couple...
