Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Blake's Shining Star 5k and 1 mile fun run will be coming to Neoga on April 15th. This run for all ages will begin at 7:15 am and will be stepping off from the Neoga Early Learning Center. Cost to reg...

Tonight the Mattoon School Board will meet and they may vote on the school's choice of the school district's insurance provider. This includes property, casualty, workers compensation, school board le...

Charleston Public Works crews will be adding some features to the Lake Charleston area park. They will be including a pavilion and additional parking near the Embarras River spillway. The road leading...

Love Fish? Get all you can handle this Friday, March 24th, with the annual Strasburg Lion's Club Fish Fry! Serving will be from 4:30-7:00 p.m. at the Strasburg Community Center. It is all-you-can-eat ...

Alan Lowe, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, announced Monday that a team of experts will review the library's Papers of Abraham Lincoln project and make recom...

Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Cumberland and Jasper Counties during March. These NITE patro...

Senator Chapin Rose is offering traveling office hours March 23rd from 8:30-10:00 a.m. at the Hammond Caf, 10:30 a.m. until noon at the Lovington Public Library, 1 p.m. to 2:30 at the Arthur Public Li...

Report: Tom Brady's Jersey Has Been Found (Houston, TX) -- Tom Brady may soon be reunited with his missing Super Bowl jersey. The New England Patriots quarterback's jersey was apparently stolen follow...

Illinois' Unpaid Bills Hit Milestone (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' total of unpaid bill is enough to saddle every man, woman, and child in the state with a thousand dollars of debt. The state's compt...

Bears legend Gale Sayers is battling dementia. His wife tells the "Kansas City Star" that the Hall of Fame running back was diagnosed with the disease four years ago. His family believes his years of ...