THE CROWD - SPILLING FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM - TO THE LIBRARY - TO THE CAFETERIA - TO THE AUDITORIUM. THE ONLY ISSUE ON THE TICKET - A PROPOSAL TO CAP SCHOOL SPENDING AT 27-THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ...

MATTOON — Senior Lexi Otto said she and her Mattoon High School varsity girls basketball ... that night in front of a cheering crowd in the upgraded gym was an entirely different experience.