Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Tim Tebow Helps Collapsed Fan (Glendale, AZ) -- Mets minor leaguer Tim Tebow is batting a thousand off the field after coming to the aid of a fan having a seizure. Tebow was in the stands signing auto...

The Mattoon boys' golf team earned a trip to the state tournament with a third place finish at the sectional yesterday. Charleston finished fifth as a team, but will send Preston Smith to state as an ...

Governor Rauner is defending himself after Democrats launched a TV ad campaign aligning him with anti-immigration statements made by Donald Trump. Speaking at an Hispanic Heritage Month event yesterda...

Illinois Emergency Management Agency encourages you to participate in the annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill on October 20th at 10:20 a.m. Schools, businesses, government agencies, families and ot...

You can make the holiday season much better for thousands around the area by volunteering with One Stop Community Christmas. The next planning meeting will be October 13th at noon at the Salvation Arm...

Just in time for holiday cooking and baking, the Illinois Sheriff's Association's "Jailhouse Recipes" cookbook is on sale. It includes over 400 recipes for everything from appetizers to main dishes, a...

This is directly from the Mattoon Community Unit School District Facebook page: "We are saddened to report that Riddle Elementary School teacher Nancy Conlon passed away early this morning. Nancy Conl...

The Somewhere on a Beach tour lands at the State Farm Center in Champaign October 27th and you can be there for free! Listen for the Dierks Bentley song of the day and call in to win free tickets! Bub...

Just a few days before Halloween, Tuesday October 25th, 80 Veterans from central and southern Illinois will be treated to their Honor Flight to Washington, DC, to visit and reflect at their national m...

Tonight is astronomy night at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library. If the sky is clear, telescopes will be set up in the parking lot for viewing starting at 7:00. If you have a telescope, you're we...