Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

According to the Illinois State Police, both northbound and southbound lanes of I-57 will be shut down for two 15 minute periods beginning at 8:00 this morning at the Coles/Douglas County Line between...

Windsor/Stew-Stras made quick work of Danville Schlarman in the sectional semifinals, 25-9, 25-14 to advance to the championship. The Hatchets will face Farmer City Blue Ridge, who eliminated St. Anth...

The World Series is headed to a deciding Game Seven. The Cubs beat the Indians 9-3 in Game Six. Addison Russell hit a grand slam and drove in six, and Kris Bryant went 4-for-5 with a home run as Chica...

Congressman John Shimkus has extended the deadline for submissions for this year's Congressional App Challenge, a coding competition for high school students, through November 2nd. The competition is ...

The Mattoon High School Chess Team is selling 2017 St. Louis Cardinals calendars as a fundraiser. Cost is $15.00, and the team receives $7.00 from each calendar sold. They'll take orders until Novembe...

Illinois has a new top judge. Lloyd Karmeier took the oath as Illinois' new chief justice yesterday. Karmeier is taking his turn atop both the Illinois Supreme Court and the state's court system. Karm...

This week there will be two opportunities to attend a presentation on the Affordable Care Act presented at The Charleston Carnegie Public Library. The first Wednesday, November 2nd at 6:00 PM and the ...

On Tuesday, November 8th, at noon, the Coles County Courthouse will have an opening ceremony for a time capsule that was placed in the northeast corner of the courthouse lawn on December 26th, 1898. T...

The Eastern Illinois volleyball team will host its final two matches of the season at Lantz Arena this weekend. Head coach Sam Wolinski joined us to talk about the match-ups. You'll be able to hear Fr...

One Stop Community Christmas begins sign ups today. Sign up dates are scheduled throughout the month of November. Click here for more dates and times. Tuesday, November 1, 9am - 1pm @ Catholic Chariti...