Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The annual Rural-Urban Luncheon, sponsored by the Mattoon and Charleston Rotary Clubs will be held March 12th at Sarah Bush Lincoln Education Center. This year's featured speaker will Eric Snodgrass, ...

The Miss Arcola Pageant is still accepting contestants. The first practice will be this Sunday (2/25) at Carriage Crossing in Arcola. 4-7 year olds will meet at 5:30 p.m.; 8-10 year olds at 6:00; 16-2...

Girls' sectional championship: Charleston vs. Effingham at 7:00 College basketball: The EIU men's and women's teams host Murray State Top 25 men's basketball: Illinois plays Purdue

Vonn Ends Olympic Career On Down Note (PyeongChang, South Korea) -- Lindsey Vonn's Olympic career is ending on a down note. She missed a gate and did not finish the slalom portion of the women's combi...

U.S. Wins Gold In Women's Hockey (PyeongChang, South Korea) -- Team USA is bringing home gold in women's hockey. Jocelyne Lamoureux [[ LAM-oh-roo ]] scored the winning goal in the sixth round of the s...

The Hindsboro Civic Center's annual all you can eat fish fry is Saturday, March 10th, from 4pm to 7pm. In addition to fish, they'll be cookin' up chicken strips, shrimp and steak fries. Side dishes in...

The Mattoon Arts Council will host its first 2-D Art Show in March. The theme is "Art in Our Community." All artwork must be original, and artists can enter up to two works. Entries are due by Februar...

(Wayne, NJ) -- Toys "R" Us plans to close another 200 stores following a disappointing holiday season. The latest belt-tightening will include layoffs for a significant part of its corporate staff. Ac...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the following counties through 9:00 a.m. CST Thursday, February 21st:Champaign, Christian, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Macon...

Flags in Effingham County have been directed to be flown at half-staff in honor of Coroner Duane Guffey, who passed away last week. The order is effective immediately and will conclude at the end of t...