Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The Mattoon Arts Council is now accepting entries to its second Photography Show, sponsored by Consolidated Communications. It's open to amateur, professional and 6th to 12th grade student photographe...

The Charleston American Legion will hold its annual pancake and sausage breakfast on the Fourth of July (Tuesday) at Morton Park. Tickets are $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for kids 5-12, and free for kids 4...

Registration is underway for the Mattoon YMCA's late summer and fall soccer league. It's open to 4 to 14-year-old boys and girls. All games will be played on Saturdays, August 21st through October 21s...

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...

The Salvation Army will host a back to school fashion show July 15th. Models from the Salvation Army's summer camp program will be showing off the styles starting at 1:30. Admission is a bottle of sha...

A quarter auction to benefit Michelle Watts will be held at the Sullivan VFW July 8th from 2:00-5:00 p.m. She's battling a rare form of breast cancer and her friends would appreciate you helping Miche...

Embarras River Basin Agency, Inc. (ERBA) is taking applications for the CSBG School Supply Program, which provides required school supplies to eligible children attending kindergarten through 12th gra...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library's Books and Babies program will resume on June 15th at 10:30 a.m., running until June 20th. The program is designed for infants through 36-months and their careg...

4th of July weekend events continue at Lake Shelbyville. Saturday night, July 1st at Coon Creek, the Dog Days of Summer dog show, Animal Tracks at Opossum Creek, and at Lone Point, the Glow in the Dar...

Fidget Spinners Catch Fire While Charging (Undated) - Fidget spinners might be hot toys in the literal sense. Gizmodo reports two of the novelty toys caught fire while charging recently. Women in Alab...