WEIU could lose up to 80% of its budget following federal cuts to the Public Broadcasting Service funding, according to ...

Coming off a 3-9 season, head coach Chris Wilkerson and the Eastern football team are ready to turn things around this ...

Kids look on as tractors drive past in the Charleston 4th of July Parade on Polk Ave in Charleston, IL on July 4.

The time for me to go has come. I graduated on May 10, which unfortunately means my time at The Daily Eastern News has come ...

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

Jurassic World Rebirth” doesn’t make for a strong start as it’s just the same familiar beats we’ve all seen before.  I’ve ...

Big changes are coming to EIU in the form of a new science building on campus. The three-story building will be located on the south side of the Tarble Arts Center and will house chemistry and biology ...

Eastern Illinois softball sophomore outfielder Karson Davey slides into home plate past Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior catcher Piper Montogomery in the 10th inning to win the Ohio ...

Dozens of local residents and EIU students lined up for the grand opening of Insomnia Cookies at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Fourth Street Saturday. News of the company opening a location in ...

Every community strives to develop an identity that distinguishes it from the rest. But none seek out the notoriety associated with Coles County in 2004: “Meth Capital of Illinois,” according to the ...

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 ...