RICHLAND COUNTY DARK SKY DASH 5K RUN/WALK

(OLNEY) The Richland County Recreation Council is preparing to host a Dark Sky Dash 5K Run/Walk on Saturday night, April 6th, beginning at 8:00, in the Olney City Park. While […]

IECC BOARD MEETING RECAP (02/29/2024)

(OLNEY/NEWTON) The Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees met for its regular monthly meeting in February this past Tuesday night in Fairfield. The Board : approved the District’s Fiscal […]

ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/29/2024)

(SPRINGFIELD) A new study shows that Illinois continues to pump money into education without seeing tangible results. The Reason Foundation found that Illinois’ inflation-adjusted education revenue grew from just over […]

THURSDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (02/29/2024)

(OLNEY/NEWTON) It will be a dry Leap Day 2024 on this Thursday with some sunshine and then increasing clouds, on what is known as the last day of meteorological winter, […]

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL SEMI-FINALS

(NEWTON) In Junior High Volleyball – The IESA 7th Grade Regionals are continuing, here’s some results involving area downstate teams, CLASS 1A SEMI-FINALS @ MULBERRY GROVE CLASS 1A SEMI-FINALS @ […]

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SECTIONAL SEMI-FINALS

(NEWTON/OLNEY) In Boys High School Basketball last night – The IHSA Sectional Semi-Finals began, Here’s some of the results involving downstate area teams CLASS 1A @ Effingham : Arcola beat […]

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF AT OCC

(OLNEY) The ticket sales begin next week for the upcoming Olney Central College Theater production of the classic musical “Fiddler On The Roof” which is sponsored by TrustBank. With all […]

ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/28/2024)

(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity has released $6 million in funding for the Illinois Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program, which provides classroom instruction and hands-on […]

ARC/PLC PROGRAMS FOR FARMERS 2024

(SPRINGFIELD) A reminder to farmers who have not yet enrolled in the ARC or PLC programs for the 2024 crop year, that they have until March 15th to revise elections […]