To both honor a local African American trailblazer and also address an urgent need in the community, the former Coleman-Franklin-Cannon Mill in Concord will eventually be turned into affordable housin ...

CHARLESTON — A Mattoon man has been formally charged with killing his mother with a hammer. The Coles County State's Attorney's Office filed two counts of murder and one count of obstructing ...

A 16-year-old boy was killed and five other men were injured when a shooting broke out overnight at a house party in Woodland Hills.