Mattoon wins! The "futuristic $1.8 billion power plant" is ours! By the way, we don't have a soybean museum; we don't know what the Tribune is talking about. We wish we had one, though! [Chicago Tribune]

Big day for Mattoon tomorrow. We'll be back in town on Wednesday, and we're ready for some celebratin'! [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

Mattoon High School's football coach resigns. Yes, only we care. Sorry. It's a Friday. [Decatur Herald & Review]

The true wide receiving (and center field) star for our Illini ... is from Mattoon! [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]