Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

February is the month to celebrate assessment at Lake Land College. Students and staff members are encouraged to participate in this year's activities to learn about the importance of assessment. Acco...

Study: Kids Closer To Pets Than Sibs (Cambridge, England) -- A new study suggests children may be closer to their pets than to their brothers and sisters. Researchers from Cambridge University in Engl...

Boys' high school basketball: Charleston vs. Casey-Westfield, Neoga hosts North Clay, Arcola takes on Sangamon Valley, Okaw Valley against Argenta-Oreana, Cumberland @ Clay City, Dieterich plays Brown...

SEAL Killed In Yemen From Illinois (Chicago, IL) -- The Pentagon says the Navy SEAL who was killed in a raid on terrorists in Yemen Sunday was from Illinois. Thirty-six-year-old William Owens of Peori...

"Father Of Pac-Man" Dies (Undated) -- The man who gave the world Pac-Man is dead. Masaya Nakamura founded Namco, the company that put out the wildly popular dot-munching game. Namco announced Monday t...

Girls' high school basketball: Charleston handed the Mattoon Lady Green Wave its first loss of the season in a thriller, 60-58 in overtime. Paige Swango led CHS with 23 points. Tri-County outscored Hu...

Sarah Bush Lincoln's Mobile Mammography Services will be hitting the road at area county health departments, banks and other locations in February. It's available to all women regardless of financial ...

The Friends of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library will hold its "Date with a Good Book" sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on February 10th and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on February 11th. Featured at this s...

Hunters in Illinois bagged fewer deer last year. The latest numbers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources came out late last week. DNR officials say hunters brought in just over 144-thousa...

According to ABC 7 Chicago News, the United States military service member, who was one of the nearly 30 killed during Sunday's raid against al-Qaida, has been identified; 36-year-old William "Ryan" O...