Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Booth Library will sponsor its eighth annual Edible Book Festival on April 9 as part of National Library Week. Anyone in the community may enter a work made out of edible materials that has something ...

A benefit for the family of Deborah Smith will be held this Saturday (4/7) from 4:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at the Mattoon VFW. They'll have food, raffles, silent auction, bake sale, vendors, face painting...

Pro Basketball, Baseball Leagues Want Cut Of Illinois Sports Betting (Springfield, IL) -- The NBA and MLB are okay with Illinois legalizing sports betting, as long as they get their cut. Representativ...

Last Chief, Smithsonian Native American Expert To Speak At U Of I (Urbana, IL) -- The last student to dress as The Chief and the Smithsonian's expert on Native Americans will headline the University o...

The Embarras Volunteer Stewards next conservation day is this Saturday at Lafferty Nature Center in Charleston. If you're interested in helping, please be there at 9:00 a.m., and wear sturdy footwear ...

Here's the forecast for the Mattoon Area from the National Weather Service: Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Ton...

Glo Bingo comes to the Mattoon Eagles Club this Friday (4/6). Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and bingo starts at 7:00. Over $1,000 in cash prizes will be given away. Advance tickets are $20 or $25 at th...

The annual Coles County Heart Walk returns to Lake Land College's West Building April 21st. Please join the fight against the country's number 1 and number 5 killers - heart disease and stroke. Create...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Flood Warning for Urban Areas and Small Streams in... Coles County in east central Illinois... Edgar County in east central Illinois... Southeaster...

Trivia night to benefit C-CAR and Camp New Hope will be April 21st at the Charleston Elks Lodge. Cost is $10.00 per person, and teams can consist of up to ten players. Doors will open at 6:30, and tri...