The gates opened and the animals raced down the course, prodded by the cheers of excited and anxious spectators who had money riding on the outcome. It was neck and neck down to the wire, and the race ...

Talkback Talkback Feedback: Gerbil Racing Penn State football and gerbil races are some of the topics on the first Talkback Feedback of the year.

MATTOON - The audience at Saturday's Mattoon Public Library Great Mouse Race fundraiser played the role of both cheerleaders and starting bells for the racing rodents. "Those gerbils won't do anything ...

In this edition of Talkback 16, more comments about the pileup along Interstate 80, calls about the man trapped under a sewer grate and a suggestion to bring back gerbil racing.