UPCOMING CHANCES TO GIVE BLOOD THIS WEEK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a Blood Emergency is place throughout the Midwest, the American Red Cross is asking area blood donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity […]
SATURDAY RESULTS (5/30/26) (TRACK/TENNIS)
(CHARLESTON) in Boys High School Track from the weekend – the finals of the Class 2A State Track Meet at EIU in Charleston were Saturday Olney finished 12th out of […]
WEEKEND RESULTS (5/29-30/26)
(OLNEY) in Girls High School Softball from Friday – at the Class 2A Sectional Championship game at Nashville Olney had its season end with an exciting, but tough loss, to […]
WEEKEND RESULTS (5/30/26)
(EFFINGHAM) in High School Baseball from Saturday – at the Class 2A Regional Championship game at Evergreen Park in Effingham Newton had its season end with a tough one-run loss to […]
FTC INITIATES FERTILIZER COST INVESTIGATION
(SPRINGFIELD) The Federal Trade Commission launched an antitrust investigation into the concentrated fertilizer industry and its pricing power, mostly because the USDA has shown the single largest increase in input […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois lawmakers approved the state budget early on this Monday morning in Springfield, after trudging through the night. The budget totals $55.9 billion, including an $830 million supplemental current-year […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a stationary boundary from south Iowa into southwestern Illinois continues to move southeastward, showers and thunderstorms are heading for our downstate area, but will likely be out of […]