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Coles County is rich in railroad history, especially Mattoon, where the first plat was filed in October 1855. Trains for generations have been…
When the COVID-19 pandemic pulled up next to the “Cruise 11 to Remember 9-11”, the charity car show had to radically switch lanes.
Lexie Gifford was only 2 on Sept. 11, 2001, but the event changed her life forever, as it did so many other people's.
Annual event will be a Facebook Live caravan to recognize the 19th anniversary of Sept. 11.
Contestants had to identify eight downtown Decatur architectural features.
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