Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Governor Signs Automatic Voter Registration, Immigration Laws (Springfield, IL) -- You'll be automatically registered to vote the next time you get a new drivers license in Illinois. Governor Rauner y...

An accident an Oakland yesterday caused a natural gas leak. Officials say a vehicle left the roadway near Route 133 and West Main, went into a bean field and struck a building. The collision broke a n...

Applications are now being accepted for Lake Land College Student Ambassadors. As an ambassador, students are selected to serve as official college representatives at events such as college fairs and ...

The Mattoon Fire Department is flow-testing and painting fire hydrants. Hydrants will be flowed between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.. During these times, any landscaping within three feet of the hydrant th...

Girl Scout registration is coming up this week: Today, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Charleston County Market, and tomorrow from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the Neoga Municipal Building. The cost to join is $25.00...

The Kiwanis Club of Mattoon will be holding a Park Project Cash Raffle, with the drawing of the winner taking place on Wednesday, August 30th. Tickets are $20 dollars each and cash prizes range from $...

Volunteers are needed to collect data for the Coles County Yield Survey, coming up on August 28th. If you're interested, please go to the Coles County Farm Bureau at 9:00 a.m. for a brief orientation....

Sarah Bush Lincoln's annual Paint the Town 5K Color Run will be October 14th beginning at KC Summers in Downtown Mattoon. Run or walk in honor or memory of family or friends who have faced cancer.

The 9th annual Father Daughter dance at the LifeSpan Center will be taking place Friday, September 15th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Girls in grades K-6th are invited to bring the important man in their life...

The Mattoon Area Family YMCA's last chance tri will be October 1st. The race will consist of a 275 yard indoor swim followed by a 12 mile bike and ends with a 3.1 mile run. Register by September 12th ...