Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Prospective Lake Land College students and parents are invited to learn more about the college at the upcoming open house. Laker Visit Day is scheduled for December 7th from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Represe...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is looking to hire hundreds of snow plow drivers statewide in advance of the coming winter season. Most of the openings are temporary positions in which the d...

For Immediate Release Visit with Santa at Lake Shelbyville Lake Shelbyville - Santa Claus is coming to the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center on December 8 from 9:00 a.m. until noon! Join us as the Lake ...

The planners for Illinois' bicentennial best-of list saved the best for last. Voters this week are being asked to pick Illinois' best moment. The choices include Rod Blagojevich's arrest, Barack Obama...

The Charleston Elks Lodge will host their annual hoop shoot December 1st at Mattoon Middle School. The free throw contest is open to boys and girls, aged 8 to 13. Registration starts at 9:00 a.m., and...

Mattoon Lightworks opens for the season tonight (Friday, November 16). Lightworks is open Friday and Saturday nights, 5pm to 10pm and Sunday - Thursday, 5pm to 9pm. Lightworks is open every night thro...

Illinois DNR Asks Hunters To Look For EHD This Hunting Season (Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is asking hunters to help them track a deadly deer disease. The state wa...

The gift-giving comes before Christmas. Our annual holiday blood drive with the American Red Cross will be December 13th, from 1:00-6:00 p.m. at American Legion Post 88 in Mattoon. Give the greatest g...

The latest Illinois unemployment report isn't remarkable because of the jobless rate, but it is an important snapshot of the jobs picture in the state. The new report, released by the Illinois Departm...

TULSA, Okla. - Roy Clark, the legendary 'superpicker', GRAMMY, CMA and ACM award winner, Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member and co-host of the famed 'Hee Haw' television series, died...