Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Softball: The EIU Panthers open the OVC Tournament against Jacksonville State at 10:00 a.m., Mattoon goes to Monticello, Charleston hosts Shelbyville, Cumberland plays Altamont, Sullivan takes on Mt. ...

The annual Toledo Spring Festival will be May 17th through 20th. They'll have live music, a carnival, vendor fair, beer tent, scavenger hunt, nightly prize drawings for kids, parade and much more. Vis...

Saturday is Stamp out Hunger day. Letter carriers will be picking up non-perishable foods to be donated to local food pantries. Please box up or bag up food items and leave by your mailbox by 8:00 a.m...

Two EIU softball players earned first-team All-OVC. Centerfielder Kayla Bear, a .353 batter who leads the Panthers with 28 stolen bases, and Haley Mitchell, who leads the team in hitting at .405 with ...

Sarah Bush Lincoln recently received the Award of Excellence in Employee Safety at the Illinois Risk Management Symposium (IRMS). The award is given annually to an IRMS hospital with the best overall ...

Lake Land College will celebrate 50 years of graduates at the annual commencement ceremony this Friday (5/11). The school's Radio-TV Broadcasting Club will be filming the ceremony. If you'd like to or...

If you're looking for work, or looking to change careers you can come out to the Salvation Army in Mattoon tomorrow, Wednesday, May 9th for their 2nd annual Job Fair from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It's ...

According to a Recent Press Release from Illinois State Police District 10: Preliminary details indicate that Illinois State Police responded to two separate traffic crashes with serious injuries on I...

Garden Fest Plant Sale starts at 9am on Saturday (May 12) at Lytle Park. Formerly known as "Herbfest"; Rain or shine' ornamental grasses, perennials, native plants, tomatoes, gardening gloves, and muc...

UPDATE: As of 6:45 p.m. All Lanes are back open along I-57 Northbound and Southbound   UPDATE: 4:30 PM. Tuesday, May 8: Milepost 212 in Tuscola along I-57 Northbound remains closed. Traffic is be...