FIRST PERFORMANCES THIS WEEKEND AT OCC
(OLNEY) Tickets are still on sale for the OCC Theater spring production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” With the first performances set for this coming weekend, Friday through […]
WEEKEND STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS (3/14/26)
(PEORIA) in Junior High Wrestling from this past weekend – there were hundreds of wrestlers at the IKWF State Tournament in Peoria among eleven Olney Cubs competing, three came home […]
UPCOMING NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS
(VINCENNES) in Men’s Junior College Basketball news – the VU Trailblazers have been seeded sixth among the 24 teams at the National Tournament Vincennes will get a first round bye […]
WEEKEND RESULTS (3/13-14/26)
(OLNEY) in Junior College Baseball from the weekend – the OCC Blue Knights dropped three games to Southwestern Illinois the sweep included a single game loss at home last Friday, […]
IN THE DAYS AHEAD
(NEWTON/OLNEY) In meetings coming up this week : All the meetings are open to the public, with the exception of any executive sessions.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board of Education met last night in Newton for its regular monthly meeting in March. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a high pressure ridge in the lower Mississippi River Valley and a surface low pressure system far to our north/northwest in southeast Quebec, we’re squeezed in the middle […]
CAROLYN SUE WINNETT
(GREENUP, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Carolyn Sue Winnett, age 91, formerly of Greenup, Illinois, will be held Saturday morning, March 21, 2026, at 10:00, at the EverTrue Meramec Bluffs […]
PAUL WILLIAM SCHAFER
(NEWTON, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Paul William Schafer, age 89, of Newton, Illinois, will be held Thursday afternoon, March 19, 2026, at 12:00, at the St. Thomas Catholic Church […]
CALVIN “NEWT” NOLL
(CLAY CITY, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Calvin “Newt” Noll, age 68, of Clay City, Illinois, will be held Wednesday night, March 18, 2026, at 7:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral […]