Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

WomenConnected, the women's giving circle within the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation, recently awarded $52,000 in grants to programs and projects within the Health System, bringing the group's to...

A woman attending Tuesday night's baseball game inside Busch Stadium in St. Louis was grazed by a stray bullet. According to St. Louis police, the 34-year-old fan was inside the ballpark during the ga...

PESOTUM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, announces the ISP will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in Coles County during May. OREPs allow th...

More than 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate in commencement ceremonies at Eastern Illinois University on Saturday, May 6. Ceremonies will take place at 9 a.m., noon...

EFFINGHAM- Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP will conduct Special Traffic Enforcement Patrols (sTEP) in Marion, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette...

(Springfield, IL) - The latest tax fear is coming from handymen and home builders. The folks who work on houses gathered in Springfield yesterday to push-back against a proposed tax that say would sin...

Flood warning until further notice for the Kaskaskia River at Vandalia, and for the Embarras River in Crawford, Jasper and Lawrence Counties Flash flood watch for the entire area from noon today throu...

Mattoon city-wide cleanup day will be May 20th from 8:00-11:00 a.m. Trash bins will be available at the yard waste facility at Shelby and Logan. Proof of Mattoon residence will be required. Load size ...

Your generous gift could lead to one for you. Donate at an American Red Cross blood drive by May 14th, and you'll be in the running to win a $1,000 gift card from GiftCertificates.com. Three lucky win...

2017 Miss Charleston Pageant will be held at Salisbury Church May 5th at 7:00 p.m. Little Miss, Junior Miss, and Teen Miss will be crowned. Entry fee is $5.00 or a canned food item.