Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for Fayette county until 9pm tonight, Tuesday, February 28. If you are traveling, be aware this Tornado watch includes all of southern Illinois ...

From the National Weather Service: This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and east central Illinois, including, Champaign-Christian-Coles-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Logan-Macon-...

According to the National Weather Service Central Illinois Facebook page, widely scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will develop across central Illinois late this afternoon into the early evenin...

YouTube Viewing Tops A Billion Hours Daily (San Bruno, CA) -- YouTube is getting to be very popular. New figures show people around the world watch one billion hours of YouTube videos a day. That easi...

Study: Minnesota Best State For Women (Undated) -- A new study suggests Minnesota is the best state for women. Financial and lifestyle website WalletHub recently released its "Best States for Women" l...

SACIS trivia night comes to the Mattoon Eagles Club this Friday (3/3). Doors and cash bar open at 6:30. Cost is $10 per person. Teams must consist of six to eight players. The winning team will split ...

UDPATED: Vehicle Plows Into Alabama Parade (Gulf Shores, AL) -- At least eleven people have been injured -- three critically -- after a vehicle plowed into an Alabama Mardi Gras parade today. It happe...

Johnson Space Center Turns Over Moon Rock Bag (Houston, TX) -- A moon rock bag from the Apollo 11 mission is now back in the hands of an Illinois woman. The Johnson Space Center yesterday turned the p...

Boys' high school basketball: At the Nokomis Sectional, St. Anthony plays Altamont, at West Frankfort, Robinson faces Eldorado, and at the Mattoon Regional, Effingham battles Olney 7th grade regional ...

(Lake Forest, IL) - Alshon Jeffery's days with the Bears could be over. Multiple reports say the Bears are unlikely to use the franchise tag on the wide receiver. ESPN reports there's a "strong likeli...