SATURDAY RESULTS (1/17/26)
(OLNEY) in Men’s Junior College Basketball from Saturday – the OCC Blue Knights lost at Wabash Valley College, 59-66 Braden Walters had 16 points and Kasym Nash added 13 points […]
GRANT MONEY COMING TO RICHLAND COUNTY
(OLNEY) Richland County is set to receive a significant amount of grant money for local drug court cases. The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has awarded $45,000 to courts […]
ILLINOIS GROWN POPCORN AVAILABLE
(SPRINGFIELD) This is National Popcorn Day 2026, a good day to look for bargains on the farm grown product at grocery stores across the state and online. With popcorn farms […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(EAST DUNDEE) All four Republican gubernatorial candidates are scheduled to take part in a forum in East Dundee, Illinois later this evening. Darren Bailey, Rick Heidner, Ted Dabrowski, and James […]
MISS ILLINOIS COUNTY FAIR QUEEN PAGEANT
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois has a new Miss Illinois County Fair Queen, as crowned last night in Springfield at the annual pageant. It’s Miss Effingham County Fair Queen Krista Phillips, who was […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a Cold Weather Advisory in effect for all of our listening area until 12 noon today, despite the sunshine, we’ll have very cold conditions on tap with wind […]
LAWRENCE LEO COLWELL
(WHEELER, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Lawrence Leo Colwell, age 90, of rural Wheeler, Illinois, will be held Saturday afternoon, January 17, 2026, at 12:00, at the Meyer Funeral Home […]
KENNETH “KENNY” GROVE
(OLNEY, ILLINOIS) The graveside funeral service for Kenneth “Kenny” Grove, age 87, of Olney, Illinois, will be held Wednesday morning, January 21, 2026, at 11:00, at the Haven Hill Memorial […]
ANGELA A. “ANGIE” BUTLER
(NEWTON, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Angela A. “Angie” Butler, age 67, of Newton, Illinois, will be Tuesday afternoon, January 20, 2026, at 2:00, at the Meyer Funeral Home in […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act was signed into law this week out in our nation’s capitol, restoring access to whole milk in nationwide schools while supporting […]