Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Ella York, from the Illinois Attorney General's Office, will be at the LifeSpan Center Wednesday, July 26th from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Topics include: identity theft, mortgage lending, health care se...

The biggest biker event of summer returns August 12th. The 14th annual Camp New Hope Motorcycle Run. Entry fee is $10.00. Sign up will be from 10 to noon at Camp New Hope. The last stop will be the Ma...

The Illinois State Fair is adding a competitive eating contest this year. Three contestants will go head to head to see who can consume the most food in five minutes. Among those foods: watermelon, ca...

A veteran's town hall meeting will be held at Mattoon American Legion Post 88 on Friday, July 28th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Veteran's Affairs Illiana Health Care System's director and staff will discuss a ...

Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 26th, The Charleston Carnegie Public Library will host a Fun of Wheels event from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the south end of the library parking lot. The event is open to children ...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Cubs organization is urging Mayor Emanuel to remove the cap on night games at Wrigley Field to allow the league average of 54 games under the lights. The team currently is only ab...

Relay for Life of Coles County starts at Noon on Saturday, August 19th at Peterson Park in Mattoon. Here are some of the events you will want to be part of: OPENING CEREMONY: We'll kick off the event ...

The ESA ladies will hold their second annual back to school rummage sale August 11th and 12th in the former Deb's store at the Cross County Mall. Donations of clothing, household items, toys, small fu...

ERBA Head Start still has openings in the Mattoon, Neoga and Douglas County centers. You can sign up at the Mattoon center at 100 Moultrie July 25th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Head is a free prescho...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in Illinois for 2017. A Will County resident in his 60s became ill at the end of last month. West Nile vi...