GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES RECAP – FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Girls High School Basketball – Class 2A Regional Semi-Final Results at Palestine Newton vs. Robinson Teutopolis vs. Cumberland Championship Game: Other Downstate Regional Semi-Final Results (IHSA Girls Basketball) Class 2A […]
NEW JUDGES NAMED IN 2ND AND 4TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITS

(MT. VERNON) Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment Wesley A. Gozia of Clinton County as an At-Large Circuit Judge in the 4th Judicial […]
JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETNG RECAP – FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Jasper County School Board Meeting Highlights – February 2025 The Jasper County School Board convened in Newton for its regular February meeting, where the following actions and discussions took place: […]
RESEARCH LAB CLOSURE COULD HARM SOYBEAN STUDIES

(CHAMPAIGN) The impending closure of a University of Illinois soybean research lab due to federal funding cuts could impede the study of a fungal disease that experts say would decimate […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/19/2025)

(WASHINGTON) Many are calling for the adoption of legislation that would allow for more time to go after those that illegally collected unemployment insurance funds during and after the COVID-19 […]
WEDNESDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (02/19/2025)

(OLNEY/NEWTON) As the main storm system has moved off to our east, we’ll have a mostly cloudy day on this Wednesday with a chance of some wrap around light snow […]
CINDY MARSHALL DUNAHEE

(OLNEY) The celebration of life funeral service for Cindy Marshall Dunahee, age 72 of Olney, will be held Saturday morning February 22, 2025 at 11:00 am at the Meyer Funeral […]
JOHN EDWARD “ED” BARGER

(OLNEY) The memorial service for John Edward “Ed” Barger, age 68 of Olney, will be held Saturday morning February 22, 2025 at 11:00 am at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in […]
ESTHER E. McCORMICK

(OLNEY) The funeral service for Esther E. McCormick, age 87 of Olney, will be held Friday afternoon February 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Olney […]
JOHN DALE WAGNER

(NEWTON) The funeral service for John Dale Wagner, age 95 of Newton, will be held Wednesday morning February 19, 2025 at 10:00 am at the First Baptist Church in Newton […]