Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The Douglas-Hart Nature Center will be hosting a Youth Field Day on June 30th beginning at 8:30 am. Participants will rotate through stations led by area naturalists. Stations feature fun, hands-on, a...

Celebrate an old-fashioned Independence Day at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site this Saturday (6/30) from 1:00-4:00 p.m. The day will feature a reading of the Declaration of Independence; a patri...

Investigators say a former Illinois State trooper contacted a possible prostitute while on duty. 49-year-old Leonard Kirkpatrick, of Charleston, faces two charges of official misconduct, which are bot...

Starting tomorrow, Thursday, June 28th, the Village of Strasburg will be without water from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Afterwards a boil order will be in effect until further notice. Please plan accordingly.

For Immediate Release MATTOON - The Mattoon Arts Council is now accepting entries to its third annual Photography Show, sponsored by Consolidated Communications. Professional, amateur and student phot...

(EFFINGHAM, IL) - The HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital Foundation invites you to be a part of their 10th Annual Golf Benefit on Friday, July 20 at the Effingham Country Club. The theme for this ye...

Beef Quality Assurance sessions will be held throughout Illinois next month (July). The sessions will provide producers with up-to-date standards and technologies to improve animal welfare and beef qu...

On Saturday, July 7, the 18th Street Farmers Market will have a special one day event and host the 18th Street Vendorfest. Organizers anticipate an additional 25 vendors for this event. Vendors will h...

UPDATED: Jackson Family Patriarch Joe Jackson Dead At 89 (Undated) -- Joe Jackson, the father of pop stars Michael and Janet Jackson, is dead at the age of 89, TMZ reports. He was recently hospitalize...

A section of County Highway 18, also known as 1000 North will be reduced to one lane this week. The Coles County Highway Department says the construction project at the intersection of Cooks Mills Roa...