Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois including Clark-Clay-Crawford-Cumberland-Effingham-Jasper-Lawrence and Richland counties DAY ONE...TODAY ...

A vendor fair to benefit the Nathaniel Sarver Memorial Scholarships will be held on April 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Mid Illinois Senior Services in Shelbyville. In addition to more than thir...

Charleston Carnegie Public Library's April Make and Take event will be held on Saturday, April 14th, from 10:30am-4:00pm, or while supplies last, in the KidSpace Atrium. Kids under eight, please bring...

According to a press release, as of 1:16pm on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Moultrie County Rural Public Water District has issued a boil order for the following area due to a cut water main until further...

The Effingham VFW will host another benefit supper this Friday (4/6) from 5:00-6:30 p.m. Choice of entre - liver and onions, or poor man's steak, plus mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, deviled eggs, pi...

The 2nd Annual Tour de Charleston on Saturday, June 2nd, features three timed bicycle races of 12.5, 25, and 50 mile distances. Staggered starts at 8:00 AM take off from the historic Coles County Cour...

We'll be breaking the big Mattoon Bagelfest news this Friday morning (April 6, 2018)! Angelia from Mattoon Tourism will stop by just after the 7:30 news to give you the entertainment lineup, right her...

A benefit for Mitchell Coffin is coming up this Saturday (4/7) from 2:00-9:00 p.m. at Country Haven Event Center in Effingham. The day will include games, music, food, bounce house, raffles and a sile...

The Effingham Master Gardeners will have a plant sale at the extension office April 28th from 7:30-11:30 a.m. In addition, they'll have books and gardening supplies for sale.

A 5K color run and walk in memory of Linzi Rector will be held April 21st, starting at Altamont High School. Proceeds will go to the Melanoma Research Foundation. There will also be a one-mile race fo...