COLES COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) - Northbound I-57 is fully open again after a crash resulted in a lane closure early Wednesday morning. The crash happened near Milepost 195 between Mattoon and Arcola. Read More

UPDATE at 11:19 a.m. All lanes were reopened at 11:07 a.m., State Police confirmed. IROQUOIS COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) - A vehicle rollover in Iroquois County led to produce being spilled and a portion of I ... Read More

Extensive road work is scheduled in coming months for the construction of Rural King's planned new Store Support Center campus and the reconstruction of the adjacent Interstate 57 interchange at ... Read More

Representatives from Rural King, along with local and state officials, celebrated the groundbreaking of a new campus northwest of the Interstate 57 and Route 16 interchange in Mattoon Thursday morning ... Read More

MATTOON - Northbound Interstate 57 in Coles County was closed for more than 12 hours following a crash involving two semitrucks. Read More

The Lambo's BP service station along Illinois 16 east of Interstate 57 in Mattoon has been converted into a Casey's General Store. Read More

A Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites is being developed just off Interstate 57 in Mattoon. A hotel room at the Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites being developed just off Interstate 57 in Mattoon. A ... Read More

A water main break has prompted the city to issue boil order on Tuesday, Jan. 27 for the area east of Interstate 57 and for Dewitt Ave East from the ... Read More

MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - Part of Mattoon is now under a boil order after a water main break. A boil order was issued by the City of Mattoon for the area east of Interstate 57 and for Dewitt Ave. east ... Read More

ISP responded to a multi-vehicle, fatal crash on I-57 southbound near milepost 193 just before 10 a.m. The road was closed for several hours. Police said it reopened just after 5:30 p.m., but traffic ... Read More

Interstate 57 southbound near Mattoon will be closed for several hours, state police said at 10:30 a.m., due to a series of accidents, including one that resulted in a fatality. Emergency vehicles are ... Read More

MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) -- Interstate 57 is closed in Coles County after multiple crashes Saturday morning. Illinois State Police said the crashes happened in both north and southbound lanes near mile ... Read More

The SUV's driver, Corey Mitchell, 35, of Mattoon died at the scene. His passengers - a 37-year-old Mattoon woman and a 5-year-old child were taken to Carle in Urbana for ... Read More

A Mattoon man is dead and his two passengers are in the hospital after police said a semi-truck hit their car in Coles County Wednesday. Read More

Mackinaw, 7 p.m. Salem at Mattoon, 7 p.m. Warrensburg-Latham at Central A&M / Okaw Valley, 7 p.m. Breese Central at Mt. Zion, 7 p.m. Dwight at Shelbyville, 7 p.m. Mahomet-Seymour at Sycamore, 7 p.m. Read More

Two separate crashes near Mattoon on Thursday night resulted in the deaths of two men, according to Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers.The first incident occurred ... Read More

MATTOON, Ill. (WICS) - Crews are currently on scene of a traffic accident on Route 16 Eastbound and Lerna Road. Mattoon Police Department says this is a prolonged road closure and are asking drivers ... Read More

A Charleston Police Department squad car blocks traffic along eastbound Illinois 16 near the Coles County Memorial Airport following a crash Thursday involving a semitruck and a passenger car. MATTOON ... Read More

A Charleston Police Department squad car blocks traffic along eastbound Illinois 16 near the Coles County Memorial Airport following a crash Thursday involving a semitruck and a passenger car. UPDATE: ... Read More

Route 16 is closed at Lerna Road in Mattoon due to a traffic accident. The Mattoon Police Department said first responders are currently working on the scene. Drivers are urged to find alternate ... Read More

Route 16 was closed at Lerna Road in Mattoon Thursday night due to a bad crash. Photos from the scene showed a truck badly burnt out. WAND News is working t ... Read More

Interstate 74 Eastbound at Farmer City has been reopened following a three-vehicle crash in DeWitt County Thursday evening. At approximately 7:39 p.m., Illinois State Police Troop 7 said that this ... Read More

A crash between a passenger vehicle and a semi on Interstate 57 near Neoga on Saturday has left at least one person dead. Read More

Sworn statements from police have revealed new details into the deadly crash that killed one person and critically injured another at a Mattoon nursing home last Friday. On May 2, 54-year-old Curtis ... Read More

The 82-year-old woman killed after a vehicle drove into a nursing home facility in Mattoon has been identified. Read More

The driver of the car that hit Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home on Friday has been arrested, Mattoon Police announced. In addition, the woman who died in this incident has been identified. Officials from the ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Illinois State Police have released new details in a small plane crash that left four people dead near Mattoon on Saturday. Read More

The authorities did not say how many people died in the crash, but the Illinois State Police said that it was ... crashed about a dozen miles from Coles County Memorial Airport in Mattoon, Ill., the ... Read More

Preliminary investigation found that a 22 year old man from Benton, Wisconsin was walking in the right lane of the highway, and a 35 year old from Mattoon driving a Ford Taurus hit the man. Troopers ... Read More

MATTOON - A fundraiser has gotten underway to help the family of a Mattoon man and father of three young children who was killed in a crash on Sunday on Interstate 57. The GoFundMe page in ... Read More

MATTOON - Bonds issued by Lake Land College are set to fund the completion of its planned Effingham Technology ... off of Althoff Drive along Interstate 57. "As we have transitioned to a ... Read More

A 24-year-old Mattoon man was killed when his pickup was involved in a crash with a semi-trailer truck Sunday afternoon on I-57 southbound just south of Illinois 16. Read More

MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - According to the Illinois State Police, the right lane of SB Interstate 57 was closed in Coles County near Mattoon following a two-vehicle crash near mile marker 187 around 1:10 ... Read More

A Mattoon man, 76, was cited for failure to yield at an intersection for a collision between his van and the car of a Charleston man, 28, that injured both ... Read More

MATTOON - Police reported ... were in the pickup to open. An Illinois State Police Troop 7 news release reported that the crash occurred at 6:14 p.m. on I-57 southbound mile marker 192, where ... Read More

SULLIVAN, Ill. (WAND) -A man killed in a Moultrie County crash Monday morning has been identified. Aaron Jones, a 26-year-old from Mattoon, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:27 a.m. according to ... Read More

A 38-year-old man was arrested in Mattoon on Saturday after leading officers on a police chase that blocked Interstate 57. The Mattoon Police Department received word that Devonj L. Wilson of Chicago ... Read More

A police pursuit and standoff on Interstate 57 in Mattoon ended with the arrest of a 38-year-old Chicago man who was armed and driving a stolen vehicle, authorities said. Read More

The coroner confirmed the identity of the man who died in a crash on Illinois 121 early Monday morning. Moultrie County Coroner Lynn Reed told WCIA that Aaron Jones, 26 of Mattoon, was pronounced dead ... Read More

The coroner confirmed the identity of the man who died in a crash on Illinois 121 early Monday morning. Moultrie County Coroner Lynn Reed told WCIA that Aaron Jones, 26 of Mattoon, was pronounced dead ... Read More

MATTOON - The last-minute rush is on to get to Southern Illinois to witness a total solar eclipse and the Illinois State Police are urging caution. It is especially evident along Interstate 57. Read More

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The traffic count along I-57 at Mattoon is 15,600 vehicles a day...MATTOON - A University of Illinois student from Mattoon is featured on a poster promoting safety on campus. Anjali Adukia, a junior ... Read More

Police say a 50-year-old Mattoon woman jumped from a moving vehicle on Interstate ... Illinois State Police Trooper Calvin Dye Jr. said. The men in the Cadillac went to a nearby Fairmont City ... Read More

MATTOON - A Chicago man died Sunday from injuries he received in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 57 just north of Mattoon. Marcus L. Campbell, 19, died at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, ... Read More

PESOTUM - Illinois State Police are shutting down Interstate 57, both northbound and southbound ... will be rerouted to Illinois Route 45 at Mattoon. Vehicles traveling south will be rerouted ... Read More

Names of the victims and drivers were not available Tuesday afternoon, but police indicated two people were taken from the scene after two separate three-vehicle crashes occurred where state workers ... Read More