Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The Charleston American Legion will host an all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast Wednesday (7/4) from 7:00-11:00 a.m. at Morton Park. Adult meals are $6.00; kids 5-12 are $3.00; and kids 4 an...

Join in for the 31st annual Mattoon Area Family YMCA Run for the Bagel on Saturday, July 21, 2018, at 6:30am. -Choose from the 10K run or 5K walk/run/ All races will be timed chipped this year. -Regis...

The Mattoon Chamber of Commerce golf classic will be played July 13th at the Mattoon Golf and Country Club. As part of the "Friday the 13th" theme, the one-thousand-dollar putting contest will now be ...

EIU's office of Civic Engagement and Volunteerism needs your help preparing for their biggest blanket making day of the year. On August 18th, there will be 400 EIU students making fleece blankets for ...

Authors who took readers from the deserts of Mars to the snows of Kilimanjaro and from Chicago's streets to Africa's jungles were named the top Illinois authors by voters participating in the Illinois...

SPRINGFIELD - With hot weather with high humidity forecasted for the next several days, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Nirav D. Shah, M.D. is reminding people about the importance of st...

LeBron James Is A Free Agent (Cleveland, OH) -- Reports say LeBron James is becoming a free agent. Cleveland.com says "The King" King will not exercise the nearly 36-million dollar option on his contr...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ANNOUNCE THE USE OF ROADSIDE SAFETY CHECKS EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP will cond...

Red Wolves Born At Miller Park Zoo (Bloomington, IL) -- The Miller Park Zoo is celebrating the birth of its second litter of Red Wolves. The three pups were born on April 25th and their birth marks th...

Hall of Fame nominations for the Mattoon Letterman's Club are due by July 24th. Nominees must have been graduated from Mattoon High School for at least 10-years and have lettered in a varsity sport. N...