WEIU newscaster Leanne Nolan prepares at the studio on April, 1, 2007. (Jay Grabiec)

Quentin Frazier addresses those gathered in Thomas Hall to participate in a candlelight vigil in honor of Martin Luther King Jr at Eastern Illinois University on Monday, January 19, 2008. (Jay Grabiec)

Haley Sanders, 7, from the Immanuel Lutheran after school program looks out the window of the Lincoln Springs Resort Shuttle during 'Won't You be my Neighbor Days' sponsored by WEIU on Thursday, March 20, 2008. The event was used as a means to collect canned goods for the Charleston food pantry. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)

Gary Brehmer opens a gate so that Stew-Stras high school seniors can get in to paint the side of his barn in Stewardson, Illinois on Friday, October 3, 2008. In years past the seniors would sneak in to paint the barn, but since installing electic fences, Brehmer insist that the students be let in at an arranged time. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)

Chris at 'work' on Friday, November 7, 2008. (Jay Grabiec)

E.F. Tessman, Paris, Illinois, shows off his hat during the Jim Allen and the Country Music Classics Hootenany event held in conjunction with WEIU in the Grand Ballroom at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois on Saturday, January 10, 2009. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)

The reflection of Stew-Stras senior Shiloh Vonderheide is seen in her sunglasses as she paints the side of Gary Brehmer's barn in Stewardson, Illinois on Friday, October 3, 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)

Secretary of State Jessie White before a preformance by the Jesse White Tumbling team during the EIU homecoming Pep Rally at Lantz Arena in Charleston, Illinois on Friday, October 17. 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)

Leading candidate for the Mattoon City Administrator position Thomas Brownlow poses for a portrait during a special city council meeting held at Cody's Road House restaurant in Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, September 28, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)

Teresa Righter, 5th Judicial Circuit Judge, presides over a mock trial of Teen Court at Mattoon Middle School on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)

Coles County Fair

Horse race at the Coles County Fair in Charleston, IL on August 4, 2013. (Jay Grabiec)

Coles County Fair

Horse race at the Coles County Fair in Charleston, IL on August 4, 2013. (Jay Grabiec)

A Legion baseball game between Mattoon and Macon County at Grimes field in Mattoon, Illinois on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. (Mike Estell)

A Legion baseball game between Mattoon and Macon County at Grimes field in Mattoon, Illinois on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. (Mike Estell)