WEIU could lose up to 80% of its budget following federal cuts to the Public Broadcasting Service funding, according to General Manager Jeff Owens. However, Owens says the station will continue to ...

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

Redshirt sophomore Cole LaCrue, a transfer from the University of Wisconsin, is competing for the starting quarterback job. (File) Coming off a 3-9 season, head coach Chris Wilkerson and the Eastern ...

When thinking about a Western, the usual thought involves a big star name, such as the iconic John Wayne, riding on horseback and gunslinging around the outlandish American West. Instead of following ...

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

Editor’s Note: The address in this story was updated from 200 W. Lincoln Ave. to the 200 block of West Lincoln Avenue. A 22-year-old Eastern Illinois University student died Saturday at the 200 block ...

Every community strives to develop an identity that distinguishes it from the rest. But none seek out the notoriety associated with Coles County in 2004: “Meth Capital of Illinois,” according to the ...

One resident died and another was injured after a man driving a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder crashed into Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home, 201 Lafayette Ave. E. in Mattoon, Friday, according to Mattoon Police Chief ...

Kids look on as tractors drive past in the Charleston 4th of July Parade on Polk Ave in Charleston, IL on July 4.

Eastern’s softball head coach of five years, Tara Archibald, is leaving the program for Texas Tech, where her father Gerry Glasco was named head coach on June 20. Archibald is expected to coach on her ...