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Emerald Acres Sports Complex Mattoon Illinois

Coles County

Emerald Acres construction well underway

MATTOON — Construction continues on the Emerald Acres sports complex and shopping center near Interstate 57 in Mattoon. The nearly $100 million development, led by Goodman Real Estate of Cleveland, Ohio, broke ground in spring 2023. The sports complex will have eight outdoor softball fields, eight soccer fields, and a 135,000-square-foot field house with eight basketball courts and 16 volleyball courts. The new development will be aimed at hosting youth sporting events and tournaments. Multiple requests for comment to Goodman […]

todayJuly 7, 2024 603 3

Charleston Illinois Sonic

Coles County

Charleston Sonic to open in August

CHARLESTON — The highly-anticipated Sonic restaurant at 107 W. Lincoln Ave. in Charleston will be open at the beginning of August, according to a company spokesperson. The location will be operated by Guernsey Holdings, which operates the recently opened Sonic location in Taylorville. The restaurant will be open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to midnight. The new store will create approximately 60 to 80 new jobs. Sonic currently has 3,545 locations across the United States, 50 of which […]

todayJuly 7, 2024 429

Qdoba Decatur Illinois

East Central Illinois Region

Qdoba planned for Decatur

DECATUR -- Decatur will soon have another option for quick-service Tex-Mex cuisine. A Qdoba Mexican Grill restaurant has been planned to open at 3116 Water St. in the Brettwood Village shopping center, according to building permit records. The owner, North Fork Fresh Mex LLC, took out the building permits valued at nearly $500,000. Qdoba was founded in 1995 by Anthony Miller and Robert Hauser in Denver, Colo. The restaurant was originally named Zuma Fresh Mexican Grill before changing to Z-Teca […]

todayJuly 7, 2024 1071

Beep Baseball Savoy

Champaign County

Beep Baseball holds tournament for visually impaired in Savoy

SAVOY — Prairie Fields Park in Savoy will host three teams for the Annual Savoy Beep Baseball Tournament on Saturday, July 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hosted by the National Beep Baseball Association and supported by the local Lions clubs, the tournament is an adaptive version of baseball for the blind, low-vision, and legally blind. Athletes from around the Midwest will travel to Savoy to compete, including the Indy Thunder, Chicago Comets, and Gateway Archers. The games are […]

todayJune 30, 2024 132

Walmart

Champaign County

Two Central Illinois Walmart stores to be remodeled

CHARLESTON -- The Walmart Supercenter stores in Charleston and Urbana will soon be renovated as part of a large-scale rebranding initiative by the company. A spokesperson for Walmart confirmed the news via email Thursday afternoon. Several Illinois stores, including locations in Champaign and Shelbyville, have already undergone renovations. More than 650 Walmart stores across the country will be remodeled this year. The store’s new design intends to have a more modern and upscale aesthetic with a redesigned layout and brighter […]

todayJune 28, 2024 193

Tillamook

East Central Illinois Region

Tillamook on track for October facility open in Decatur

DECATUR — The October opening date for the new Tillamook facility is set to be on schedule, according to an email provided by a company spokesperson. “We are still on track for a fall opening,” the email read. Tillamook County Creamery Association, based in Oregon, announced in early 2023 that they would be purchasing the former Prairie Farms facility on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a new ice cream factory. The company purchased the facility for $2.55 million. The […]

todayJune 28, 2024 196

Forsyth

East Central Illinois Region

Forsyth lot to see two new businesses

FORSYTH -- The former Hometown Buffet in Forsyth will soon be home to two new prominent national businesses. Starbucks and Five Below have both announced they will soon open locations on the property. Hometown Buffet closed the Forsyth restaurant in February 2016 due to financial performance issues. The parent company closed all Hometown Buffet locations and other subsidiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly all of their former restaurants have been sold in auctions. The Starbucks store will be located on […]

todayJune 24, 2024 218

cannabis dispensary Forsyth Illinois

East Central Illinois Region

Forsyth discusses potential dispensary

FORSYTH -- Forsyth residents will have an opportunity to voice their opinions about the possibility of a cannabis dispensary opening within the community. The first meeting occurred Thursday evening with a second meeting on the subject to take place on July 11. Both meetings will be at 6 p.m. at the Forsyth Public Library at 268 S Elwood St. The meeting will allow residents to ask questions to the village government as well as investors who are interested in opening […]

todayJune 22, 2024 97

Lake Land softball Paulson

Coles County

Lake Land announces Kristi Paulson new softball co-head coach

Kristi and Dan Paulson to serve as co-head coaches for Laker softball team

MATTOON -- Lake Land College announced the hiring of Kristi Paulson as the new Laker softball head coach during the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, June 10. Her husband, Dan Paulson, is expected to join the staff as the co-head coach following the next board meeting in July.  A Mattoon native, Kristi Paulson played softball for two years at Lake Land College. She helped the Laker softball team win its first NJCAA Division I National Tournament during the 2005-2006 […]

todayJune 11, 2024 101

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