Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

NIH: Feeding Tots Peanuts Could Prevent Allergies Later (Washington, DC) -- Turns out feeding babies food containing peanuts might protect them from allergies to the nuts later in life. The National I...

The poetry of Edgar Lee Masters will mingle with haunting music when the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum presents "My Heart's Home: Edgar Lee Masters Celebrates the Sangamon Country" o...

Lake Land College Foundation scholarship applications for the 2017-2018 academic year are due Feb. 1 at 5 p.m. Students graduating from high school, adults who are enrolling at Lake Land College and c...

From the Illinois State Police, as of 8:10am, Thursday, January 5, Troopers are headed to several crashes and cars in the ditches on I-57 and I-74, mostly Coles, Douglas and Champaign Counties. Please...

The Survivor Fitness Challenge returns to the Mattoon Area Family YMCA this month (1/22) Each week, you'll have a goal of a certain number of exercise, starting at 2 hours per week, and then gradually...

You're invited to the ribbon-cutting celebration and open house for Vander Burgh Financial Services today (1/5) at 617 Madison Avenue in Charleston. The ribbon-cutting will be at 10:00 a.m. and the op...

The Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner & awards ceremony will be January 28th at the EIU Grand Ballroom. Social hour is from 5-6, followed by dinner and awards from 6-8pm. Midwest...

The 5th Annual Strasburg Lions Club Trivia Night will be held January 21st at 7pm at Stew-Stras High School. Teams can consist of up to eight players. Entry fee is $80.00 per team, until January 19th....

With winter weather heading our way on Thursday (January 5th), The Illinois State Police, District 12, in Effingham would like to remind motorists to take the necessary precautions before getting behi...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Effingham, Jasper, Crawford, Clay, Richland, and Lawrence Counties for Thursday, January 5th...