DIRT CAR SUMMER NATIONALS AT RED HILL THIS WEEKEND
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(SUMNER) in Summer Dirt Car Racing – it’s the Dirt Car Summer Nationals this Sunday at Red Hill Raceway, south of Sumner * there will be Super Late Models, Hornets, […]
OLNEY SUMMER SWIM TEAM RESULTS FROM LAST NIGHT
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(OLNEY) In Summer Swimming last night – The Olney Tigersharks beat Salem at the Musgrove Aquatic Center, 510 to 155, Olney won 49 of the 66 total individual events, in […]
TODAY IS “ZIPCODE DAY” IN CLAY CITY
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(CLAY CITY) Today, June 28th, is “Zip Code Day” in Clay City, replicating the village’s zip code of 6-28-24. Running from 4:00 to 9:00 tonight, there will be free games, […]
MAXINE E. SPITLER FOUNDATION AWARD RECIPIENTS CHOSEN
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(NEWTON/LAWRENCEVILLE) The Maxine E. Spitler Foundation has announced this year’s recipients of the 2024 annual awards that went to Jasper County and Lawrence County organizations that provide activities for youth […]
THE JASPER COUNTY FAIR WINDS DOWN THIS WEEKEND
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(NEWTON) The 153rd Jasper County Fair in winding down this week on the fairgrounds in Newton with newly crowned Miss Jasper County Fair Queen 20 year old Elise Wright overseeing […]
YESTERDAY’S ILLINOIS HOGS AND PIGS REPORT
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(BLOOMINGTON) In yesterday’s Illinois Hogs & Pigs Report from the USDA : the Illinois inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1st, 2024, was 5.70 million head, up 3% […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (06/28/2024)
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(SPRINGFIELD) An annual rite of summer in Illinois is approaching soon with another increase in the state’s gas tax, along with a slew of other tax hikes over the next […]
FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (06/28/2024)
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(OLNEY/NEWTON) With an approaching cold front moving towards the Midwest, our downstate area is expected to stay dry on this last Friday in June 2024, although there will be plenty […]