NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness has announced $2 million in state spending for community organizations to address homelessness around Illinois. The taxpayer-funded State’s Home Illinois grant […]
TWO DOWNTOWN OLNEY CLOSURES CONTINUE
(OLNEY) The Olney Senior Center has announced that it will now be closed until this coming Thursday, December 18th. Therefore, there will be no in-house meals at the center and […]
SPECIAL MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT IN OLNEY
(OLNEY) The Richland County School Board of Education met in special session last night in Olney. The Board : agreed to expel a student for the remainder of the 2025-2026 […]
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board had its regular monthly meeting for December last night in Newton. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as presented : approved […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a high pressure ridge over the Midwest continues to pump in warmer than normal air for this time of the year, we’ll another dry and sunny sky on […]
CHANCES TO GIVE THE “GIFT OF LIFE”
(OLNEY/NEWTON) The American Red Cross is asking area blood donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity to help replenish low area blood supplies on hand […]
IFB DELEGATES TAKE ACTION AT ANNUAL MEETING
(BLOOMINGTON) The 324 delegates at Illinois Farm Bureau’s 111th Annual Meeting held earlier this month, thoroughly worked through a broad range of proposals, adopting changes to 34 policies. Among the […]
CHARLES A. PERRY
(WEST SALEM, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Charles A. Perry, age 77, of West Salem, Illinois, will be held Wednesday morning, December 17, 2025, at 11:00, at the Masonic Lodge […]
LOREN WILLIAM “UNCLE FUZZ” CROFT
(GREENUP, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Loren William “Uncle Fuzz” Croft, age 68, of Greenup, Illinois, will be held Saturday afternoon, December 20, 2025, at 4:00, at the Meyer Funeral […]
BARBARA JEAN RIDGWAY
(NEWTON, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Barbara Jean (Crouch) Ridgway, age 93, of Newton, Illinois, will be held Saturday morning, December 20, 2025, at 11:00, at the Newton Free Methodist […]