WEDNESDAY LOCAL AND AREA SPORTS
(NEWTON) in Junior High Softball yesterday –here’s some area downstate scoresAltamont beat Vandalia, 5-4Teutopolis beat Okaw Valley, 13-0 (OLNEY/NEWTON) on today’s Junior High Sports Calendar :SOFTBALL : Middle School Lady […]
WEDNESDAY FARM NEWS
(SPRINGFIELD) The Bayer Chemical Company and country musician Luke Bryan are teaming up with Illinois FFA chapters for the Can-Do Challenge. Statewide FFA chapters are encouraged to collect canned goods […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois businesses are moving to other states at triple the rate they did before the pandemic, that’s according to new research from the Illinois Policy Institute. In 2023, at […]
STATEWIDE TEXTING SCAM CONTINUES
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Sheriff’s Association, along with most all area Sheriff’s Departments, are warning regional residents to beware of a bogus text message from the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles […]
AREA TRAVEL DELAYS CONTINUE
(NEWTON) The Illinois Department of Transportation is continuing a patching and resurfacing project on Route 33 from the Effingham County line to West End Avenue in Newton. While lane closures […]
NOBLE VILLAGE BOARD MEETING
(NOBLE) The Noble Village Board met earlier this week on Monday night for less than one hour. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as presented : approved […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As an upper level weather trof helps push a weak cold front through our downstate area today, we’ll see some clouds mixed with mostly sunshine, however there is a […]
WILLIAM OTIS “BILL” WHIGHTSEL
(MATTOON) The funeral service for William Otis “Bill” Whightsel, age 69, formerly of Mattoon, will be held Saturday afternoon, August 16, 2025, at 12:00, at the Meyer Funeral Home in […]