Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Number Of U.S. Millionaires Up 45% In Past Year (Undated) -- More Americans are becoming millionaires. Fidelity Investments reports the number of Americans with at least a milliondollars in their 401(...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Illinois Conservation Police officers are reminding boaters to wear life jackets, and for boat operators to stay sober, as Illinois' busiest boating season begins with the upcoming M...

Applications are being accepted for the 2018 Miss and Little Miss Coles County. And new this year, they've added a junior miss category. Little Miss is open to 5-8-year-olds; Junior Miss, 11-13- year-...

The Illinois State Fair is giving you a chance to be the opening act for Brett Eldredge. This summer, nine county fairs will host qualifying rounds of State Fair Karaoke. The first and second place wi...

Sarah Bush Lincoln presents their 29th annual Golf Benefit Friday, June 8th at Mattoon Golf and Country Club. The day includes: breakfast, lunch, heavy hors d' oeuvres, and a chance to win prizes on e...

The annual canoe and kayak race to benefit the Life Center of Cumberland County will be held June 9th. Canoes will take off at 8:00 a.m. and kayaks at 9:00 a.m. at Ryan Bridge, north of Greenup. The r...

The Effingham County 4-H barbeque will be June 3rd from 11:00-6:00 at the Effingham Elks Club. They'll be serving pork chops, pork burgers, and hot dogs, with potato salad, green beans, applesauce, ch...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois, including the following counties: Champaign-Clark-Clay-Coles-Crawford-Cumberland-Douglas-Edgar- Effingha...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   June 4, 2018   MATTOON - A Madcap Puppets production performance of Rumpelstiltskin is set for 1:15 p.m. Wednesday (June 6th) at the Mattoon Public Library. Madcap Pu...

A fundraiser for the Shelby County Dive Team will be held this Saturday (5/26) at Wade's Quality Meats in Shelbyville. They'll be grilling bacon hamburgers, pork burgers, brat burgers, quarter-pound h...