Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The Douglas County Ag Center Committee is accepting scholarship applications for students until February 1st. For information or an application, stop by the Douglas County Farm Bureau on North Main St...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will celebrate Martin Luther King's legacy on Jan. 16 by presenting his most famous speech and welcoming community groups that work to better the li...

Listen to the Yawn Patrol, January 9 - 13 for your chance to win two tickets to see Brothers Osborne, Thursday, January 19 at The Pageant in St. Louis! Doors open at 7pm, the show starts at 8pm. Just ...

Boys' high school basketball: Mattoon hosts Charleston, Sullivan goes to Tuscola, Newton against Red Hill, Okaw Christian plays Cerro Gordo-Bement, Cumberland vs. Okaw Valley, T-town is home, taking o...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library will host a Pre-school Indoor Picnic on Monday, January 9th from 11am to 12:30. This is a free program, open to the public. A library card is not needed to atten...

The Quad Cities should know soon if the area is going to land 500 new jobs. The jobs will all be on the Iowa side of the river, but managers at Sterilite say workers could come from both Illinois and ...

The Reverend Jesse Jackson says Illinois' governor needs to be part of the solution to Chicago's problem with violence. Jackson sat down with Governor Bruce Rauner On Wednesday to talk about last year...

One is taken to the hospital after a single vehicle injury crash occurred the morning of Thursday, January 5th along I-57 Northbound near Fayette Avenue in Effingham around 7:10 AM. According to a rec...

Lake Land College Athletics and Mattoon High School Baseball are sponsoring the St. Louis Cardinal Caravan on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 12 p.m. The event will be held at the Lake Land College Field House. Do...

Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) is once again asking constituents to participate in his annual "Valentines for Heroes" program. The congressman's district offices will collect valentines for...