Over 76 people crammed into a conference room at Carnegie Public Library Monday night to discuss recycling concerns in Charleston. Citizens for Recycling, a new advocacy group formed two weeks ago, organized the event. The group's main goal is to work on pushing progressive recycling ordinances in Charleston. (1) comment
A May 30 e-mail from Eastern to H&H Shuttle Taxi Inc. put shuttle bus services in doubt, but Dan Nadler announced Monday that an in-house program has been finished and is in place. Two brand new busses have been leased for a cost of $50,000 per year, and the university is in the process of acquiring insurance and hiring bus drivers. (2) comments
The summer staff of WEIU has a few faces that have never been on campus before. Each summer, WEIU invites students from other colleges to help with the summer broadcasts. This summer, there are 12 students working with WEIU, six from Eastern schools and six from other schools. (0) comments
At tonight's city council meeting, the board will amend the Enterprise Zone ordinance. The Coles County Enterprise Zone includes parts of Mattoon, Charleston and Oakland. The amendment would change the boundaries of the enterprise zone to allow a meat processing plant to be built north of Mattoon. (0) comments
A man who admitted stabbing another man late last year when they were both Eastern Illinois University students was ordered to pay for the injured man's medical expenses and to serve two months in jail. Those were among the terms of the two-year probation sentence that Matthew A. (0) comments