Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

First Christian Church of Mattoon will be selling smoked baby back ribs July 17th through 20th, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., or while supplies last. Proceeds will benefit Coles County Habitat for Hum...

The 53rd Annual Illinois Old-Time Fiddlers State Contest will be taking place at the Thelma Keller Convention Center on October 15th beginning at 1pm. The cost of admission is $5 dollars for adults an...

According to a press release from the Illinois State Police: Traffic delays are likely for motorists traveling on Interstate 70 in Cumberland county this afternoon. Due to road construction, west boun...

According to a MPD press release, the Mattoon police and Coles County Crimestoppers seek the identity of the two persons in the attached picture. The two men are persons of interest regarding two car ...

The 14-year-old Ohio Valley baseball regional is coming to Mattoon once again this year. Volunteers are needed to help out with gate admission and concessions. The event runs Thursday, July 27th throu...

Books and Babies will resume at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Thursdays in the Craft Room. This program will be taking place at 10:30am through July 20th. Bouncing rhymes, songs, finger pl...

Lincolnland Binga will take place on Tuesday, September 19th at 4:30 pm at the Mattoon American Legion. Lincolnland Binga raises fund to help support Lincolnland Hospice and its Grant-a-Wish program, ...

Lake Land College Adult Education is offering free English language acquisition classes beginning in August. In Effingham, the class will meet at the Kluthe Center beginning August 21st. In Mattoon, c...

The Embarras River Basin Agency, Inc. (ERBA), in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), will have schol...

FDA Panel Approves Gene-Altering Drug To Fight Cancer (Washington, DC) - An FDA panel has approved a new gene-altering drug, the first of its kind, to fight cancer. Twelve-year-old Emily Whitehead is ...