A recent high school graduate was killed by a train on Thursday, which is the sixth death involving a train in the last 30 ...

MATTOON — A student opened fire in the Mattoon High School cafeteria and wounded a fellow student before being subdued by a teacher Wednesday, in what authorities described as morning of chaos ...

The shots were first heard Wednesday morning in the Mattoon High School cafeteria. Angela McQueen, a teacher, and a school resource officer headed to the cafeteria to investigate. It was there ...

MATTOON -- Mattoon High School is proud to announce Molly Nguyen and Zach Lensink as the March Rotary Students of the Month. Both students were nominated by Mattoon High School Economics teacher ...

MATTOON (JG-TC) -- A shooting about 11:30 a.m. today at Mattoon High School has left one wounded student in its wake, and the suspect, a male student, is in custody, according to Mattoon police.

According to witnesses, veteran math and P.E. teacher Angela McQueen grabbed the shooter's arm and subdued him after he opened fire in Mattoon High School's cafeteria. Mattoon police chief Jeff ...

SULLIVAN, Ill. (WCIA) — The Sullivan Police Department has released new information about the criminal charges that an employee at Mattoon High School is facing. In a press release posted on its ...

MATTOON — A student opened fire in the Mattoon High School cafeteria and wounded a fellow student before being subdued by a teacher Wednesday. School Superintendent Larry Lilly and Mattoon ...

MATTOON — A student injured in a shooting at Mattoon High School on Wednesday said her son is fine but scared. She said son Braeton Davis, 16, was grazed in the knuckles in the incident.

Officials praised the quick reaction of a Mattoon High School teacher who subdued a gun-wielding student inside the central Illinois high school’s cafeteria on Wednesday morning after ...