Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

According to the National Weather Service, very cold conditions are expected across the area tomorrow through Tuesday. This special weather statement includes: Coles, Moultrie, Douglas, Clark, Effingh...

Boys' basketball: Effingham/T-town Christmas Tournament: Effingham vs. Oak Lawn at 9:00, followed by Mattoon and Chicago Brooks, Altamont against Antioch at noon, Charleston plays Madison at 1:30, sam...

Thieves Take Southern Illinois High School band Trailer (Harrisburg, IL) -- If you see someone in southern Illinois trying to sell costumes from Horton Hears a Who, call the police. Officers in Harris...

The City of Mattoon will have curbside collection of Christmas trees Wednesday through Friday (January 3-5, 2018) Please be sure to remove the stand, ornaments and tinsel. Trees need to be placed by t...

The University of Illinois Extension office in Arthur will be the site for soil and water management webinar on February 20th. Topics will include cover crops, soil health tests, and managing microbes...

The Mattoon Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner and awards banquet will be held February 3rd at the Mattoon Golf and Country Club. Social hour starts at 5:00, formal buffet at 6:00, followed by the an...

The Charleston Trojan Booster Club's annual spaghetti supper will be January 12th from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the CHS cafeteria. Your meal ticket will get you into the boys' basketball game against Lincoln...

(Washington, DC) -- Natural gas prices are jumping this week as thousands of Americans in the North and East Coast regions crank up their thermostats because of plunging temperatures. As the bitter co...

(Van Nuys, CA) -- One of the longest careers in show business is over today. Actress Rose Marie's official website reports that she died this afternoon in Van Nuys at the age of 94. Rose Marie Mazetta...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation, along with state and local law enforcement, wants to ring in 2018 with zero alcohol- and drug-related crashes on Illinois roads. As part of the...