Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

CHICAGO - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation (ALPLF) will award its prestigious Lincoln Leadership Prize to Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair. Mr. Blair is widely...

A fundraising breakfast to benefit the Martinsville Ag Fair will be held tomorrow morning (3/10) from 7:00-9:30 at the Martinsville Fire Hall. Scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, sausage and pancakes ...

District 12 Illinois State Police troopers patrolling Interstate 70, conducted traffic stops which yielded a total of 432 pounds of illicit cannabis this week. On Tuesday, at approximately 8:11 a.m., ...

Lake Land College's Community Choir invites the community to attend its annual spring concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 18 in the Lake Land College Theater. To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, the choir ...

Don Sol Mexican Grill of Mattoon will be donating ten-percent of total sales on March 14th to One Stop Community Christmas. Proceeds will be used to purchase toys for local kids. Again, that's March 1...

School will be out before you know it. Do your children have any summer plans? Make their summer great with some educational fun at Lake Land College's Summer College for Youth program. Summer College...

Effingham, IL - Illinois State Police District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, today announced activity and enforcement figures for the month of February. Troopers in District 12, which includes ...

8th grade regional volleyball championships: Mattoon vs. Effingham, Cumberland plays Newton, T-town against Shelbyville, Pana battles Vandalia, St. Anthony takes on Kinmundy South Central, Okaw Valley...

Palm Terrace will host a family-friendly fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital March 16th from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at the Mattoon Eagles Club. Enjoy corned beef, or polish sausage, with cabb...

(Undated) -- McDonald's is flipping its icon for International Women's Day tomorrow. The Golden Arches of McDonald's is being flipped from an "M" shape to a "W" shape to honor women everywhere. The ic...