Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

SPRINGFIELD - From childhood scribblings to a legislative protest against slavery, all Abraham Lincoln documents from his first three decades are now available online to scholars, teachers and history...

Mattoon citywide cleanup day will be May 19th from 8-11 a.m. Bins will be available at the yard waste facility. A driver's license or water bill stub with a Mattoon city address will be required. Tire...

College baseball: EIU opens a three-game weekend series today at Eastern Kentucky High school baseball: Charleston and Urbana, Tri-County @ Cumberland, Sullivan plays Warrensburg-Latham, South Central...

Last night (Thursday, April 19), the Arcola School District shared this message on their social media: "Dear Arcola School Community, there was a rumor going around tonight (4.19.18) about a potential...

After a two-year hiatus, EIU's College of Arts and Humanities is excited to announce the return of Celebration: A Festival of the Arts to the EIU campus this Friday through Sunday (4/20-22). The event...

Healthy Kids Day returns to the Mattoon Area Family YMCA this Saturday (4/21) from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Healthy Kids Day features: activities, games, healthy snacks, arts and crafts, inflatables, and mo...

ERBA Head Start is a free preschool program designed to prepare children for Kindergarten. They will be taking applications on Friday, April 20 from 9am to 1pm at Rural King in Mattoon.

College baseball: Lake Land hosts Southwestern High school baseball: Tri-County @ Arcola, Dieterich against Ramsey, Olney takes on Robinson, Newton goes to Lawrenceville, Pana vs. Litchfield, Cumberla...

On Sunday, April 29, the Lake Land College Leadership Council will host the third annual Laker Academic Awards Gala in the Field House. "We invite the Lake Land College community to join us for a nigh...

SPRINGFIELD - The state's best history students will compete next month in the finals of the Illinois History Day competition, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is looking for vo...