Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The Strides Against Hunger 5K and one-mile run and walk will be held on April 7th in Arcola. A free breakfast will be served from 7:00-10:00 a.m., and downtown shops will have open houses after the ra...

Dynamite Days out return to the Mattoon Area Family YMCA March 30th, and April 2nd through the 6th, during Mattoon Unit 2 Spring Break. It's open to Kindergarten through 5th graders. The kids througho...

A Flora man has been sentenced to eight-years in prison after pleading guilty to a count of delivery of methamphetamine. 44-year-old Robert Sherman, and 22-year-old Trinity Payne, of Louisville, were ...

Summer internships are available at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Mattoon. Available volunteer positions are: Junior counselor internship, and conservation crew internship. Must be at least 13-years-o...

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...

The kids' chess club will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and adult chess club will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. on March 31st at the Mattoon Public Library. If you love to play, or would like to lear...

The newly formed Cumberland County American Legion Baseball Program will be having tryouts on April 8th. Junior tryouts (13-17 year olds) will be at 2:00, and senior (18 and 19 year olds) tryouts will...

Starting this fall, Lake Land College will begin offering a new hybrid version of the Medical Assistant program. The new version allows students to take all their courses online and only come to campu...

The Mattoon Green Wave will play Rochester May 20th at Busch Stadium, following the Cardinals-Phillies game. Tickets are $40 each and include a hot dog and soda. Reserve tickets by calling 238-7826.

The application deadline is fast approaching for the Coles-Cumberland Bar Association's scholarship program. This year they will be awarding one or more $1,000 scholarships to area students. For an ap...