Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The season came to an end for the Mattoon boys' basketball team last night, 71-61 to Mt. Zion. Senior Drake Jeffries led the Green Wave with 18 points. The Braves advanced to the regional championship...

(Champaign, IL) - Illinois' winning streak is now up to four games. Malcolm Hill scored 22 points as the Fighting Illini foiled Michigan State 73-70 at the State Farm Center. Illinois improved to 18-a...

The Lerna Lions Club's annual chili supper and auction will be March 4th at the fire station starting 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for kids 10 and under.

Recruiters from school districts from across Illinois and beyond will be looking for employees at the Spring Educators' Job Fair at EIU, March 6th. Anyone seeking positions in K-through-12 teaching, s...

Girl Scout Troop 2065 will have a rummage sale and cookie sale this Saturday (3/4) at Wesley United Methodist Church of Charleston of 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. They'll have clothing of all size, toys, sm...

Boys' High School Basketball: Regional Competition: Class 3A: -FINAL: Eisenhower 91, MacArthur 66 -FINAL: Mt. Zion 71, Mattoon 61     Sectional Competition: Class 1A: -FINAL: Dieterich 39, P...

Hershey To Cut 3,000 Jobs Globally (Hershey, PA) -- Hershey is planning to cut about three-thousand jobs from its global workforce. The chocolate-maker said this week most of the layoffs will affect h...

Athletes Abound In New "DWTS" Cast (Undated) -- The new cast of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" is sporting an athletic flair for its next season. The cast announced today includes the first former Maj...

Death Toll Rising From Midwest Tornadoes (Undated) -- The death toll is growing from a series of tornadoes in the Midwest. Officials say at least three people are now dead. Local news reports in Perry...

Illinois Senate Moves Some Of 'Grand Bargain' Forward (Springfield, IL) -- The heavy lifting in Springfield likely comes today. The Illinois Senate yesterday moved a few pieces of the so-called "grand...