More than 88.9 percent of teachers stay at Charleston High School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
On Sept. 20, 2018, Mark S. and Karla S. Coleman purchased a four bedroom, four bathroom property at 1117 Prairie Ave., Mattoon from Kimery Holdings LLC for $60,000.
In a year when 88 percent of Oakland High School seniors graduated on time, 46 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
Effingham Community Unit School District 40 increased per-student spending 17.9 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of public schools data.
Edgewood Bi-County Fire Protection District, Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District and Ashmore Fire District reported responding to the most vehicle fire incidents per capita in East Central Illinois in 2017, according to the latest state report.