Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Douglas-Hart Nature Center will host a solar eclipse event from 11:30-2:00 on Monday. They'll have special presentations, make-and-take crafts, snacks, a video of NASA's eclipse live stream, and free ...

Doctors Remind People To Protect Eyes During Eclipse (Springfield, IL) -- Doctors are warning people to protect their eyes during Monday's solar eclipse. They want everyone to know that it's important...

"Go Purp" License Plate Must Go Bye-Bye (Arcola, IL) -- An Arcola family dedicated to the Purple Riders is getting a shocking lesson in what their license plate insinuates. An elderly couple has cover...

Bonnie Tyler To Sing "Total Eclipse" During Total Eclipse (Undated) -- Pop singer Bonnie Tyler is going to welcome the solar eclipse with a rendition of her 1983 hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart." The ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will celebrate America's pastime August 19th with an All-American Picnic featuring baseball-themed crafts, demonstrations of the game as it was play...

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 $...

Spanky's Bar and Grill will host a fundraiser for Kolby's Helping Paw August 19th. Bake sale begins at 8am, and from 11 to 6, they'll have prizes, a 50/50, raffles, food, music and you can buy a speci...

UPDATED AT 3:30PM, from CUSD #1 Regarding the Wednesday, August 16 accident at 4th and Maple Streets involving an Illinois Central school bus (Bus #37), members of the Charleston Fire Department condu...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. It includes our entire Illinois listening area. .DAY...

The Shelby County Veterans Fund will be selling sandwiches at the fairgrounds on August 26th to support the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight. Stop by between 10-2 and get a pork tenderloin or rope sausage...