A Mattoon man faces murder charges after police said he admitted to hitting his mother with a hammer several times early ...

Reed was located in Moultrie County by Mattoon police later that morning. MPD said that during an interview, Reed "admitted to striking his mother several times to the head with a hammer in the early ...

According to a list compiled by LoveExploring, the "most shocking" weather event to ever occur in Illinois was the Tri-State ...