Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs (IDVA) hosted a tribute to African American Veterans today at the National Guard Armory in Urbana. The ceremony honored all African American ...

Global Tequila Shortage (Amatitan) -- The world is facing a tequila shortage. The heartland of the tequila industry, Mexico's western state of Jalisco, is facing a shortage of agave plants. The increa...

Glo Bingo to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters will be held February 16th at the Carriage House Event Center in Altamont. Tickets are $20 in advance, or $25 at the door. You must be at least 18 to atte...

The Central Illinois Outdoor Expo returns to the Otto Center in Arthur February 9th and 10th. They'll have fishing and hunting seminars daily, a chance to win 100-dollar gift cards, and new this year,...

Books and Babies comes back to the Charleston Carnegie Public Library now through April 12th on Thursdays, from 10:30 to 11:00 from, in the Craft Room. Bouncing rhymes, songs, finger plays, stories an...

According to a recent press release from Illinois State Police, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting an investigation regarding an airplane crash which occurred at Centralia Municip...

DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Pistons have acquired guard Jameer Nelson from the Chicago Bulls for center Willie Reed. The teams announced the trade Thursday. The Bulls also received the right to swap seco...

NEW YORK (AP) The baseball players' union will open its own spring training camp for the first time since the end of the 1994-95 strike, inviting free agents to work out at the IMG Academy in Bradento...

Jimmy Garoppolo has started just seven games in his NFL career, but that was enough to earn him a record contract. Garoppolo agreed to a five-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday, accord...

What happens when you take some of the most brilliant minds from area high schools and put them under one roof? Nothing other than an academic face off, where teams are pitted against each other in ei...