Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

"Schoolhouse Rock!" Composer Dies (Mt. Bethel, PA) -- The musician behind many of the great "Schoolhouse Rock!" songs is dead. Bob Dorough passed away Monday at the age of 94. Dorough may not be a hou...

Lake Land College and LSC Communications are offering a nine-week fast track training program leading to a job at the printing facility in Mattoon. The unique training program is the first of its kind...

College baseball: EIU hosts St. Louis, and Lake Land is at home, taking on Lincoln Trail High school baseball: Charleston goes to Robinson, Neoga plays Arcola, Cumberland vs. Brownstown/St. Elmo, Tusc...

"Harry Potter" Debuts On Broadway (New York, NY) -- "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is opening to rave reviews. The "New York Post" said they'd never seen anything quite like it, calling it Broadw...

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic site will offer a workshop on growing culinary herbs Saturday, April 28th at 10:00 a.m. Cost is $35.00 per person, includes light refreshments, a study guide, seeds an...

The American Hero Challenge comes to Oakland's Pioneer Village May 26th. It's a 5k obstacle course race to honor our police, fire and military personnel. Proceeds will benefit the Feed My Starving Chi...

(Medford, WI) -- An art teacher in Wisconsin is breaking a world record for making 261 clay pots in an hour. Jill Fortin at Medford Area Senior High School broke a Guinness World Record when she made ...

(Charleston, IL) - Eastern Illinois University has named Zach Newell as its new library dean. Newell comes to EIU from Salem State University in Massachusetts, where he served in various library roles...

Matt Landrus, Lake Land College English instructor, received the 2018 Faculty Association Outstanding Service Award at this year's Employee and Retiree Recognition ceremony. "Matt has contributed to t...

SPRINGFIELD - As part of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Illinois Department of Transportation is making $500,000 in federal highway safety dollars available to nearly 100 local law enforcemen...