Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Curbside Christmas tree pickup in Mattoon will be January 2nd through 4th. All live trees must be placed in front of your home by 7:00 a.m. on the 2nd. Trees must be free of ornaments, lights, stand a...

Kennedy Center Honors Airs On CBS (Undated) -- The 2018 Kennedy Center Honors airs today on CBS. This years honorees were country star Reba McEntire, pop star Cher, composer Philip Glass, jazz musicia...

Usually in late December it's okay to issue a reminder about ice fishing safety. But a lack of ice is making this year's warning a bit more theoretical. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is...

Congratulations to Cathy from Toledo! She won the "Willie Nice Christmas Gift" and will be in Nashville for Willie: Life and Songs of an American Outlaw. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Cathy!

The University of Illinois says its planned Innovation Hub in Peoria will focus on underserved communities, as well as studying food, farms, and infrastructure. The university yesterday announced a pa...

Illinois schools will have a new option to find substitute teachers in the new year. A new law for 2019 from Chicago Democrat LaShawn Ford allows school districts to work with temp agencies to find qu...

Sarah Bush Lincoln will present, "Who Has Your Heart," a free, fun and informative night out dedicated to women's heart health, January 31st from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Mattoon Area Family YMCA. The ev...

Widow Of Dr. Seuss Is Dead (La Jolla, CA) -- The widow of children's author Dr. Seuss is dead at the age of 97. Audrey Geisel died Wednesday at her home in California. Her husband, whose real name was...

Don't Make Your Bed Day (Undated) -- You can save yourself a little time this morning because it's Don't Make Your Bed Day. The holiDay started in 2014, after a fifth grader in New Mexico wrote a lett...

Lake Land College is offering a Grant Writing 102 course that will go deeper into the basics of grant research and application writing. The two-day course will cover best practices for finding grants ...