Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2018 MATTOON - An area historian is set to discuss the building of the Illinois Central Railroad in a program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Mattoon Public Library. Don Ch...

"Dukes of Hazzard" Star Sentenced To Jail (Los Angeles, CA) -- A "Dukes of Hazzard" star is heading to jail. A judge has sentenced John Schneider to three days in an L.A. County for not paying his ali...

Update as of 11am (Tuesday, June 12): Tonight's truck and tractor pulls are being cancelled but will be combined with tomorrow night's program. Start time tomorrow night will be 6:00 p.m. Carnival DOE...

Charleston and Mattoon are well represented on the All-Apollo softball team. For the conference champion Lady Trojans, Dee Campbell, Emily Price, Natalie Gordon, Reagan McGahey and Macey McElravy all ...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Flood Warning for: Clay County in south central Illinois... Effingham County in south central Illinois...   * Until 645 PM CDT Tuesday   ...

The Lake Land College Agriculture Division recently received the Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program Award from the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE). The award is meant ...

Culvert work has forced the closure of a portion of E Street in Charleston. Township officials say the closure affects the area from just north of Ne-Co Fields to County Highway 18. The work should be...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE DISTRICT 12 ANNOUNCES MAY ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY Effingham, IL - Illinois State Police District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, today announced activity ...

Harness racing scheduled for today (Tuesday, June 12) at the Martinsville Ag Fair has been canceled. Officials will make a decision on the truck and tractor pulls later today.

UPDATED: 9:50am, Tuesday, June 12: Due to storms in the area, please disregard the 2:00-3:00 p.m. torch arrival today. Weather looks great for 8:00 a.m. start in Effingham tomorrow!   The Annual ...