Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Toys "R" Us Files For Bankruptcy (Wayne, NJ) -- Toys "R" Us is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The news is likely to spur some people to scramble to use their gift cards. But the New Jers...

The City of Mattoon and Earl Walker Company will be oil and chipping the City streets listed below. Work will begin 7 a.m. on Monday, September 25, 2017. Weather permitting, the project should take ap...

Volleyball: Mattoon hosts Rantoul, Charleston goes to Lincoln, Cumberland vs. Newton, Okaw Valley takes on Ramsey, Windsor/Stew-Stras @ Neoga, Shelbyville battles Tuscola, Sullivan against Warrensburg...

Our friends to the south might have felt something this morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, around 6:47am this morning (Tuesday, September 19, 2017), a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit near ...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) today awarded a total of $500,000 in grants to 32 county emergency management agencies to enhance their emergency operations centers. "Eme...

Philanthropy Offers Free First Year Of College (Undated) -- There's a new philanthropic endeavor designed to make college more affordable by giving students the opportunity to take their first year of...

A quarter auction to benefit for Cops For Kids will be held September 21st at the Mattoon American Legion. 20-plus vendors will be featured with everything from books to toys, crafts to yard dcor, kit...

Comedy night, to benefit R.U.F.F. (Rescuing Unwanted Forever Friends) will be September 22nd at the Village Event Center in Greenup. Advance tickets are $20. To reserve tickets, call 217-840-9189.

A cancer benefit for Lacey Prahl will be held at the Bourbon Street Steakhouse in Mattoon November 5th from 2:00-6:00 p.m. They'll have a 50/50, live auction and food and drinks. If you'd like to dona...

(Miami, FL) -- Hurricane Maria is being upgraded to a Category Five storm. It now has winds of 160 miles-per-hour. Maria is an extremely dangerous and potentially catastrophic storm that is on track t...