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Five Dumb Things Employees Have Done to Get Fired
You hate to see people lose their jobs . . . unless they lose them in a HILARIOUS way. Then it's fine. There's a discussion on Reddit.com where managers are sharing the DUMBEST thing one of their empl...
Jan 23, 2017 Vasilis / CC
Teenagers Literally Don't Smell the Horrible Odor in Their Rooms
If you've got a teenager whose room is legitimate SQUALOR and you're wondering how they live like that, here's one answer. They don't mind the horrible odor because they literally don't smell the horr...
Jan 23, 2017 woodleywonderworks / CC
Southern Illinois Woman Celebrates 109th Birthday
Ruth Benjamin of Marshall, Illinois recently celebrated her 109th birthday. She was born in 1908. In a recent interview Ruth stated "I never smoked a cigarette in my life, I never drank liquor in my l...
Jan 23, 2017
The Five Most Annoying Phone Calls
According to a recent survey, 89% of us have to deal with at least one telemarketer a month. And half of us get more than 20 unwanted calls. Here are the five most annoying calls people say they get ....
Jan 23, 2017 Andrew Wippler / CC
A Guy Has Two Different Cars Crushed by Trees on the Same Day
A 28-year-old guy named Georgiy Karpekin was at Sacramento City College in Sacramento, California on Wednesday. And while he was inside, some strong winds knocked a tree over . . . RIGHT onto t...
Jan 23, 2017 -epsilon- / CC
10% of People Don't Own a Single Book . . . But They Have Tons of Gadgets
According to a study, 10% of people say they don't own a SINGLE book. And for people under 24, that jumps up to 20%. So what do we own? Gadgets, and lots of 'em. The average person has more tha...
Jan 23, 2017 Stewart Butterfield / CC
Fatal Accident in Coles County
A weekend accident claimed the life of a Mattoon woman. According to the Coles County Sheriff's Office, 23-year-old Kayla Eggers was ejected from a vehicle that hit a bridge north of Charleston. The d...
Jan 23, 2017
Illinois Senate Wants To Vote On Grand Bargain This Week
Illinois Senate Wants To Vote On Grand Bargain This Week (Springfield, IL) -- Get ready to hear about taxes and pensions and debt. Leaders in the Illinois Senate hope to vote on the first of 14 pieces...
Jan 23, 2017
Grants Awarded
Douglas-Hart Nature Center of Mattoon received a nice gift heading into the weekend. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Conservation Foundation awarded the center $1,000 to ...
Jan 23, 2017
Fatal Accident in Edgar County
One person is dead and three others injured in an accident in Edgar County. According to the Illinois State Police, it happened just before 2:00 p.m. yesterday on U.S. Highway 150, near Paris. A car d...
Jan 23, 2017
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