Category Archives: The Yawn Patrol

Hope for Hannah Shirts to Benefit St. Jude
EIU women's soccer will play the Hope For Hannah soccer match on October 11th against Southeast Missouri. The match will be played in honor of current EIU women's soccer player Hannah Heinz, who was d...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018

Illegal College Basketball Recruitment Trial Underway
Illegal College Basketball Recruitment Trial Underway (New York, NY) -- The first of several trials involving alleged illegal college basketball recruiting is underway in Manhattan Federal Court. An A...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018

Las Vegas Shooting Victims Remembered
Las Vegas Shooting Victims Remembered (Las Vegas, NV) -- It's been one year since 58 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a gunman opened fire at country music festival in Las Vegas. A nu...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018

Today Is World No Alcohol Day
Today Is World No Alcohol Day (Undated) -- Today is World No Alcohol Day. The World Health Organization sets aside October 2nd each year to call attention to problems caused by alcohol abuse and ways ...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018 Czarina Alegre / CC

EIU Player Named Special Teams Player of the Week
EIU's Nick Bruno is the Ohio Valley Conference Special Teams Player of the Week following his performance in the Panthers' 52-38 win over Tennessee Tech. Bruno was 7-of-7 on extra point attempts while...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018

Free Fall Festival at Five Mile House
The Five Mile House Fall Festival is this Sunday (10/7) from 1-4 p.m. They'll have live music, crafts, petting zoo, cooking, blacksmithing, weaving, knitting, apple cider pressing and other demonstrat...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018

Jordan, Butkus, Payton lead list of top Illinois athletes chosen by voters
SPRINGFIELD - Michael Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles, was voted the top athlete in Illinois history by participants in the Illinois Top 200 project, followed by Bears stars Dick B...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018

Lake Land College Dedicates and Renames Hall in Honor of Sixth President
Lake Land College Dedicates and Renames Hall in Honor of Sixth President Lake Land College dedicated and renamed its Net Zero Energy Building to Lensink Hall in posthumous honor of its sixth president...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018 Lake Land College dedicated and renamed its Net Zero Energy Building as Lensink Hall in posthumous honor of its sixth president, Scott Lensink, Friday, Sept. 28. Pictured left to right are State Rep. Brad Halbrook, Board of Trustee Member Mike Sullivan, Board of Trustee Chair Dave Storm, Lake Land College President Josh Bullock and Lensink’s family, Alex Lensink, Michele Lensink and Zach Lensink. Photo submitted by Lake Land College.

SAIL Workshop on Updates to Medicare Part D
SAIL (Soyland Access to Independent Living) will host a workshop to introduce updates to Medicare Part D tomorrow (10/3) from 10:00-11:30 a.m. at the Shelby County Senior Center. The workshop is free ...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018

Illinois Old Time Fiddle Contest
The Illinois Old Time Fiddle Contest will be held this Sunday (10/7) at the Effingham Performance Center. The contest is part of "Fiddle Fest," a benefit concert that starts on Saturday (10/6). Any fi...
Renee Fonner Oct 02, 2018


