Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

For Immediate Release September 16 - 22 is National Farm Safety and Health Week SPRINGFIELD, IL - As another harvest season begins, the Illinois Department of Agriculture reminds all farm workers to s...

Embarras River Basin Agency, Inc. (ERBA) is accepting applications for our Skills Training Employment Program (STEP) to assist individuals with training for employment opportunities. ERBA will be assi...

For Immediate Release Lake Land College Adult Education to Offer Free Food Sanitation Classes Lake Land College's Adult Education is offering free food sanitation classes at various locations for the ...

Lerna residents remain under a boil order, until further notice. The boil order went into effect last night, Sunday, September 16. According to village officials, they are waiting on test results from...

Based on two-hour shifts, it'll take 1,920 volunteers to cover all the Salvation Army red kettle locations in Coles County this year. Bell ringers are needed Monday through Saturday, from 11:00 a.m. t...

Junior High Baseball (Regional Championships): Charleston hosts Monticello, Jasper County plays Effingham, T-town against Lawrenceville Parkview, Stew-Stras vs. South Central, Marshall @ Salt Fork, Su...

The state tournaments are set for junior high softball, and we have three area representatives. In Class 2A, Charleston won a nail-biter against Shelbyville, 2-1. The Lady Trojans will face East Peori...

The annual fall festival to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will be held this Saturday (9/22) at the Smith Farm, on Lerna Road. They'll have of pumpkins, gourds and mums, along with ...

Two EIU football players were honored by the Ohio Valley Conference as the league handed out its weekly awards. Quarterback Johnathan Brantley was named OVC Newcomer of the Week after completing 37 of...

Books and Babies will resume at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Thursdays, at 10:30-11:00 through November 29th, in the Craft Room. There will be no program on November 22nd. This program ha...