As the nation mourns the deadliest U.S. air crash since 2009, a Coles County town remembers another deadly aviation incident — and a local hero. Wednesday night, an American Airlines plane hit a U.

Arland Williams Jr. was a Mattoon native and a passenger on a flight out of Reagan Airport in 1982. His flight never reached its destination and crashed into the Potomac River on takeoff. Of the ...

As the nation mourns the deadliest U.S. air crash since 2009, a Coles County town remembers another deadly aviation incident -- and a local hero. Donald Trump’s data purge has begun The best ...