Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The Arthur Ministerial Association and Arthur Lion's Club are sponsoring a Red Cross blood drive on January 18th from 1-6 p.m. from 1-6 p.m. at Arthur United Methodist Church. To make an appointment, ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is accepting applications for the 2018 National Veterans Wheelchair Games, which will take place in Orlando, Florida July 30th through August 4th. Competitive events...

Lake Shelbyville - Eagle Day at Lake Shelbyville is scheduled for Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center. The center will be open from 9:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. with three ...

The Mattoon Area Family YMCA will have another Sunday Sampler, this coming Sunday from 1:00-4:00 (1/14). The one day event allows you try fitness classes for 20 minutes at a time. Child Watch will be ...

College Basketball: Lake Land has a home doubleheader with Shawnee

The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District has issued an emergency boil order for Dolson Township, Marshall Township, and portions of Douglas Township. The boil order is expected to last until Friday, Janua...

The National Weather Service has issued two different Hazardous Weather Outlooks for our listening area. Depending on where you live you could see accumulation into Saturday morning.   This Hazar...

The Charleston girls' basketball team has cracked the top ten. The 17-1 Lady Trojans climbed from 16th to a 9th in the latest Class 3A rankings. Effingham slipped a spot to number seven. 15-4 Tri-Coun...

The National Weather Service has issued a Dense Fog Advisory for our entire Illinois listening area. It includes all of these Illinois counties: Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McL...

Monday, January 15th is Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Mattoon. The projects will be indoors, so no worries about getting cold. From 10:00 a.m. to noon they'll ...