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The Coles County Habitat for Humanity is launching its final building blitz of the year. Volunteers will break ground on its 23rd home at 2 p.m. Sunday at 616 Richmond Ave. in Mattoon. Volunteers are needed to help at the work site and to provide lunches for the volunteers. (0) comments
The Eastern Illinois Council on American Policy organization was motivated after two school shootings in the past year. The registered student organization was so motivated that the group put together a policy review on gun control, which will be sent to Springfield for review by Illinois politicians. (6) comments
In Thursday's edition of The Daily Eastern News, the winner of the Open Mic competition raffle was incorrectly reported. Frank Maloney won the raffle. In Thursday's edition of The Daily Eastern News, dance instructor Jeanna McFarland's first name was misspelled. (0) comments
Students taking a teacher certification test Saturday are advised to leave their cell phones or any electrical device at home. Test scores will be voided if a student is found to have an electrical device on them during testing. If a student is caught having an electrical device, the proctor of the test has to report the incident to the Illinois State Board of Education. (0) comments
The Residence Hall Association wants to convert each of the residence halls into a specific country. ROC Fest, sponsored by RHA, will begin in early September with a theme of "Rockin' Around the World." ROC Fest was one of the topics discussed at the first RHA meeting of the school year Thursday. (0) comments
The Comfort Suites hotel chain will not build a site behind Charleston's Wal-Mart. The chain chose not to move forward with the project because of the current economic climate of the area. "Lenders looked at the sectors and determined them to be high risk," Mayor John Inyart said. (0) comments
Charleston businesses face the myth of the summer drought, a rumored ebbing and flowing of financial income that shrivels as college students move home for the summer. Essentially, the myth is simple: As students leave, so does business. However, a few of Charleston's business owners believe the myth is more fiction than fact. (0) comments
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Ken Baker opened his blinds in his office to see out of the Student Recreation Center. Baker, director of Campus Recreation, joked about how he keeps the blinds open so students know he is working. He closed them for a conference call earlier in the day. "I was sitting talking on the phone, and I don't like students looking in and saying, 'He's just sitting there. (0) comments
The Charleston Fire Department responded to a fire at Charleston High School on Thursday night. The fire was in a concession stand when fire and ambulance units got there, Assistant Chief Pat Goodwin said. "There were flames throughout the room, and smoke throughout the whole high school," Goodwin said around 8 p. (0) comments
