Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

A Relay for Life cancer survivor breakfast will be held at the Effingham VFW this Saturday (4/28) from 7:00-10:00 a.m. Breakfast is free for survivors and their caregiver. The menu includes pancakes, ...

Newton city-wide cleanup days will be May 18th from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and May 19th from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Dumpsters will be located in the alley behind city hall. The city brush dump will be...

Boy Scout Troop 176 will have a garage sale and bake sale at the Beecher City Fire Department May 5th from 7:00 a.m. to noon. If you have items you'd like to donate to the sale, please drop off at the...

Softball: Lake Land hosts Olney Central, Cumberland @ Martinsville, Arcola goes to LSA, Effingham vs. T-town, St. Anthony plays Dieterich, Neoga battles Altamont, Okaw Valley takes on Arthur-Lovington...

Duchess Of Cambridge Delivers Baby Boy (London) -- Prince William and his wife Kate are the parents of new baby boy. The Duchess of Cambridge delivered the eight-pound seven-ounce prince this morning ...

April 28th is National Drug Take Back Day. You can drop off unused prescription opioids and other unused prescription medications at several sites throughout the area between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. ...

Coaches are needed for 13 to 15-year-old Babe Ruth Baseball in Mattoon. The season begins May 22nd and lasts for 6-7 weeks. Games are played at Grimes Field on Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays, either at...

The Greenup Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary will host their first "Breakfast with a Fireman," April 28th from 7:00-10:00 a.m. at the fire station. It's all-you-can-eat biscuits and gravy, with juice,...

The Mattoon Chamber of Commerce golf classic will be played July 13th at the Mattoon Golf and Country Club. As part of the "Friday the 13th" theme, the one-thousand-dollar putting contest will now be ...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and other state and local health departments...