Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Boys' high school basketball: Regular season: Charleston hosts Sullivan, T-town vs. Mt. Zion, Arthur Okaw Christian plays Tuscola, Pana takes on Greenville LOVC Southwest Tournament: Cumberland agains...

Tsunami watches and warnings are out for the entire West Coast as well as Hawaii. They were triggered after a massive earthquake struck about 175 miles off Alaska overnight. Its preliminary magnitude ...

Lincoln Log Cabin Foundation's annual dinner will be a celebration of Illinois' Bicentennial at Unique Suites in Charleston on February 16th at 6 pm. A first-person portrayal of Abraham Lincoln by Geo...

The annual Mitch Webb Open will be April 7th at Mattoon High School. The tournament features classes 5-6 year olds; 7-8 year olds; 9-11 year olds; middle school; high school, and adult. Registration i...

Lake Land College's Adult Education is offering GED classes throughout the district beginning the first week of March. Classes will be in Arthur, Charleston, Effingham, Marshall, Mattoon, Pana, Paris,...

(Undated) -- Singer Neil Diamond says he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The 76-year-old announced on his website that the diagnosis is forcing him to retire from touring, as the onset of t...

By Bob Gardner, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations and Craig Anderson, Executive Director of the Illinois High School Association.   They don't make t...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 147,535 deer during all 2017-18 archery and firearm seasons, which concluded on Jan. 14. The total preliminary deer harvest for a...

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...

MATTOON - The next book discussion group at the Mattoon Public Library is reading The Forgotten Man, a reinterpretation of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes. Individual stories from the Depression ...