Here’s what people are uncovering in Herald and Review newspaper archives. Search our historical issues for obituaries, marriage and birth ann…
Soy City residents have shown they're willing to fight to preserve local history.
The 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day luncheon and march have been canceled due to COVID-19.
A Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony will be held on Monday, Dec. 7, on the lake front side of the Beach House restaurant
Coziahr Harley-Davidson invited veterans and their families to attend its Veterans Day Breakfast on Saturday morning
While restoration on the inside of the Taylor Magill Hotel building continues, the east/southeast wall now contains an art piece created by Cl…
Randy Ervin's new book spotlights overlooked history and unsung heroes among the gravestones at Mattoon cemeteries.
They're on five of our state university campuses: large, castle-like buildings. Why do they look like that? Why are there so many? Read on to …
They're on five of our state university campuses: large, castle-like buildings. Why do they look like that? Why are there so many? Read on to …
The crew of the YouTube online series “Haunt ME” found the century-old rural Coles County building interesting for its haunted reputation and …
Thank Gov. Joseph Duncan for Decatur being what it is.
"I looked around and thought, 'If no one else was going to take it, I am going to take it,'" said Steve Jenne, who has since appeared on "The …
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.
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Contestants had to identify eight downtown Decatur architectural features.
A look back at historic front pages found in the archives of the Mattoon Journal Gazette. Find more JG-TC newspaper editions at JG-TC.com/Archives.
The first known women’s rights organization in Macon County was organized by the Rev. Sophie Gibb, a Universalist minister, on July 30, 1888.
A generation ago, the March winds could be thanked for driving part of the Decatur economy.
Krista Kline reminisced back to her childhood thinking of time spent watching live music shows during the Decatur Celebration.
Aug. 15, 1945, marked the end of World War II