HAROLD GENE “SAM” BRITTON

(NEWTON) The funeral service for World War II and U.S. Army Veteran Harold Gene “Sam” Britton, age 97 of Newton, will be held Saturday morning February 22, 2025 at 10:30 […]
TANA L. YINGST

(ROBINSON) The funeral service for Tana L. Yingst, age 64 of Robinson, will be held Thursday afternoon February 20, 2025 at 12:00 pm at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Olney […]
NEWTON/OLNEY JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL SCORES – FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Junior High Volleyball – Newton Jasper County vs. Casey-Westfield Varsity Junior Varsity The Junior Lady Eagles will host Charleston this evening in Newton. Junior High Volleyball – Olney vs. Clay […]
LOCAL BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES – FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Boys High School Basketball – Newton vs. Casey-Westfield Newton Eagles vs. Casey-Westfield Warriors The Eagles are back in action Friday night at Flora. Other Boys High School Basketball Results Conference […]
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES RECAP – FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Girls High School Basketball – Class 2A Regional Semi-Final Results at Palestine Newton vs. Robinson Teutopolis vs. Cumberland Championship Game: Other Downstate Regional Semi-Final Results (IHSA Girls Basketball) Class 2A […]
NEW JUDGES NAMED IN 2ND AND 4TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITS

(MT. VERNON) Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment Wesley A. Gozia of Clinton County as an At-Large Circuit Judge in the 4th Judicial […]
JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETNG RECAP – FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Jasper County School Board Meeting Highlights – February 2025 The Jasper County School Board convened in Newton for its regular February meeting, where the following actions and discussions took place: […]
RESEARCH LAB CLOSURE COULD HARM SOYBEAN STUDIES

(CHAMPAIGN) The impending closure of a University of Illinois soybean research lab due to federal funding cuts could impede the study of a fungal disease that experts say would decimate […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/19/2025)

(WASHINGTON) Many are calling for the adoption of legislation that would allow for more time to go after those that illegally collected unemployment insurance funds during and after the COVID-19 […]
WEDNESDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (02/19/2025)

(OLNEY/NEWTON) As the main storm system has moved off to our east, we’ll have a mostly cloudy day on this Wednesday with a chance of some wrap around light snow […]