Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The Carl Sandburg Elementary School winter concert will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the school's gymnasium. There will be no admission charge but a canned food drive is taking place in conjunction w...

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site presents an old-fashioned Christmas on December 10th from 1-4 p.m. The cabin's historic interpreters will discuss the ever-changing Christmas traditions during Ab...

Governor Rauner is telling the Illinois Farm Bureau today that despite unproductive weekend meetings with legislative leaders, he'll push on with a plan to get at least a stopgap spending plan passed ...

According to a recent press release from Illinois State Police District 10, a fatal traffic crash occurred the evening of Tuesday, December 6th around 5:50 PM along US Route 45, southbound, just south...

An architect wants to install four giant pig balloons to cover up the Trump name on the side of the president-elect's Chicago hotel. New World Design says installation of the gold-colored pigs would "...

(Washington, DC) -- U.S. manufacturing is continuing to pick up steam. The Commerce Department says demand for items made in the USA has notched its biggest increase in more than a year. Factory order...

Best Country Solo Performance: Vice - Miranda Lambert Love Can Go to Hell - Brandy Clark My Church - Maren Morris Blue Ain't Your Color - Keith Urban Church Bells - Carrie Underwood Best Country Duo/G...

(Indianapolis, IN) -- A southern Indiana farm is still under a quarantine after a bull tested positive for anthrax. Regulators at the Indiana Board of Animal Health say there's no widespread health co...

Boys' high school basketball: Sullivan @ Okaw Valley, Arcola plays Windsor/Stew-Stras, Neoga hosts Dieterich, Altamont against Newton, Cumberland takes on Casey-Westfield, Flora @ Edwards County, Shel...

(Owasso, OK) -- National Steak and Poultry is recalling nearly two million pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products. The Oklahoma company says the chicken might be under-cooked and contain bacterial pa...