NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced yesterday that the state’s unemployment rate was 4.4% in November, unchanged from the month before, in September. The November rate was down […]

STILL TIME TO REGISTER

(OLNEY/NEWTON) The IECC Business & Industry, in partnership with the Illinois Small Business Development Center at IECC, will host a special workshop on January 15th, 2026, from 8:30 to 3:00 […]

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING FOR DECEMBER 2025

(NEWTON) At the most recent Jasper County Board meeting held in Newton, the Board : approved the payment of the November bill list, worth $315,842 : approved the Fiscal Year […]

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE (1/7/26)

(OLNEY) in Junior College Basketball tonight – here’s the matchups in Region/District action WOMEN Lincoln Trail at Olney Central Shawnee at Vincennes Wabash Valley at Southwestern Illinois MEN Lincoln Trail […]

TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS (1/6/26)

(GRAYVILLE) in Boys Junior High Basketball last night – at the WEAA Boys Basketball Tournament in the fourth and final first round game top-seeded Jasper (Wayne County) beat Grayville the […]

TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS (1/6/26)

(NEWTON) in Boys High School Basketball last night – Newton took two games from Vandalia at home in the NCHS Gym VARSITY the Eagles won the varsity game, 60-42 Hayden […]

REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) After some areas of dense fog this morning, we’ll have plenty of sunshine today, with still, warmer-than-normal temperatures on a southerly wind flow. An approaching low pressure weather system […]