Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

The Sara Bush Lincoln Volunteer Guild's Fall Market will feature a huge selection of one-of-a-kind handcrafted jewelry, candles, baby and children's clothing, artwork, baskets, home & garden dcor ...

Despite triple digit heat indices, power outages, flooding and the cancelation of a concert at the Grandstand, the 2016 Illinois State Fair revenues remained on pace with figures from previous years. ...

Charleston Elementary Schools currently report 56% of students are eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch. According to the school, many children report only eating breakfast and lunch at school, and no ...

St. Mary School's 3rd annual trivia night and silent auction will be October 29th at the Immaculate Conception Parish Center. Entry fee is $10 per player. The silent auction will feature many great it...

Lake Land College is expanding the number of welding courses offered in the Effingham community through a partnership among the college, the Effingham County Chamber of Commerce and Effingham Communit...

High School Football: Mattoon plays Mt. Zion, Charleston is at Effingham, Tri-County against Villa Grove-Heritage, Newton hosts Red Hill, Shelbyville plays Tuscola, Sullivan-Okaw Valley takes on Warre...

Volleyball winners from last night: Tri-County, Shelbyville, Tuscola, North Clay, T-town, Olney, Pana, Newton, Windsor/Stew-Stras, Robinson and Okaw Valley. Mattoon lost to Mt. Zion, Charleston fell t...

State Representative Reggie Phillips will host a senior identity theft prevention seminar at the LifeSpan Center between Mattoon and Charleston this Friday (9/16) from 10:00-11:00 a.m. There are appro...

The Strasburg Hog Roast and Gnome Fest is this Saturday (9/17). The celebration includes a softball tournament, scavenger hunt, Miss Strasburg and junior miss pageants, beer garden, great food and pri...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Shelbyville is offering additional deer hunting opportunities at Whitley Creek Recreation Area in Moultrie County for disabled deer hunters holding a state iss...