Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The best of the National Trail Conference and the Little Okaw Valley Conference will square off in the annual Boys' Central Illinois All-Star Game, this Saturday at Cumberland High School. The night w...

Charleston American Legion Post 93 baseball tryouts will be this Sunday, March 26th at 2:00 p.m. at Baker Field. To be eligible, players must have been born between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 1...

LERNA, Ill. - Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site will explain the many ways volunteers bring history to life for visitors at training sessions April 1 and 2. Whether your interests are in living hi...

WASHINGTON - Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) is now accepting entries for the 2017 Congressional Art Competition. The contest is open to high school students in the 15th Congressional Distri...

The Cubs franchise is mourning following the passing of former team executive Dallas Green. The ex-Phillies manager died yesterday at the age of 82. Green served as the Cubs' general manager and execu...

Mattoon Area PADS new building is a big step closer to reality. Heller, Holmes and Associates presented the group with a check for $50,000 for the Haven of Hope campaign. Ground-breaking for the new s...

Today, expect partly sunny conditions, with a high near 55. Tonight, mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Friday expect warmer temperatures and mostly cloudy conditions, with a high near 69. Also expe...

The annual Rural-Urban Luncheon, sponsored by the Mattoon and Charleston Rotary Clubs, will be held March 28th at the LifeSpan Center. Ag technologist Chad Colby will be the featured speaker. Please R...

More than 2,000 8th grade students will gather in the Lake Land College Field House on April 6th and 7th for the 25th annual Eighth Grade Career Conference. The Career Conference will provide students...

Spring clean-up for Dodge Grove Cemetery in Mattoon will be March 27th through 31st. Please remove items from the ground around headstones. Vases and shepherd hooks do not need to be removed.