RICHLAND COUNTY DARK SKY DASH 5K RUN/WALK
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(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)
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(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)
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(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)
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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)
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(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 […]
NEWTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING RECAP (02/28/2024)
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(NEWTON) The Newton City Council met in regular session a week ago last night. The Council : approved the payment of all bills as presented – $227,089 for pre-paids and […]
ARC/PLC PROGRAMS FOR FARMERS 2024
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(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 […]