Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

A quarter auction to benefit the Mattoon Fire Department's Operation Sleighride will be held October 19th at the Mattoon American Legion. 20-plus vendors will be there with everything from books to to...

Lake Land College is offering one-day Self Defense classes taught by instructor Dwayne Beccue.   Two separate sessions will be available: Saturday, Nov. 18 - West Building, Lake Land College Satu...

Every year Illinois Public Risk Fund, a public entity workers' compensation program, recognizes the best member agency from the 736 members that have had the most success in lowering workers' compensa...

Volleyball: Mattoon @ Lincoln, Charleston plays Taylorville, Windsor/Stew-Stras against St. Anthony, Altamont plays St. Elmo/Brownstown, Newton hosts Flora, Shelbyville takes on Pawnee, CH/BC vs. Rams...

Land of Lincoln Honor Flight (LLHF), serving central and southern Illinois, will take their final Honor Flight for 2017 on Tuesday, October 17th, departing from Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Capital A...

(Charleston, IL) - Eastern Illinois University graduate-level counseling student Maliya Smith '16 recently earned a prestigious 2017-18 Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Fellowsh...

National 4-H Week is October 1 - 7. Be sure to take advantage of this important week to recognize the remarkable 4-H youth in our community! WMCI, The Axe, Victory 103.9 and First Neighbor Bank helped...

The first meeting for Mattoon's 2018 Project Graduation will be at 6:30 on October 11th at the MHS library. For more information, call 259-9509.

LaVar Ball Pulling Youngest Son Out Of School (Los Angeles, CA) -- LaVar Ball is pulling his youngest son out of high school in California to train him to be the best basketball player ever. The fathe...

The Casey-Westfield Band Boosters will have a drive-thru dinner on October 12th. Get a pork burger, rib eye sandwich, or pork chop sandwich meal between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. on the north side of Casey-W...