MARGARET R. KING

(OLNEY) Private funeral services will be held for Margaret R. King, age 69, of Olney, Illinois, with interment to be held at a later date at the St. Joseph Cemetery […]

REGIONAL WEEKLY HARVEST UPDATE

(NEWTON/OLNEY) With the Illinois Crop Progress Report again not available this week due to the government shutdown, downstate area farmers in the ten-county region report that the 2025 fall harvest […]

MONDAY NIGHT’S REGULAR MEETING

(OLNEY) The Olney City Council met last night in regular session. The Council : approved the payment of all bills as presented : on an unanimous vote, amended the Title […]

CATHERINE MARIE “CATHY” (CARLEN) FELTNER

(GREENUP) The funeral service for Catherine Marie “Cathy” (Carlen) Feltner, age 55, of Greenup, Illinois, will be held Wednesday morning, November 12, 2025, at 10:00, at the Barkley Funeral Home […]

REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) It will be a dry and windy day on tap for this Veterans Day 2025 with a mostly cloudy sky. Although a gradual warming trend begins today, the south/southwesterly […]

DORIS G. WEILER

(CLAY CITY) The celebration of life service for Doris G. Weiler, age 77, of Clay City, Illinois, will be held Saturday afternoon, November 15, 2025, at 2:00, at the Frank […]

DONALD LEE “DON” STOLL

(OLNEY) The funeral service for Donald Lee “Don” Stoll, age 81, of Olney, Illinois, will be held Thursday morning, November 13, 2025, at 10:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in […]

SATURDAY RESULTS (11/8/25)

(NEWTON) in Boys Junior High Basketball from Saturday –Jasper County dropped two road games at Marshall8TH GRADEthe Junior Eagles lost the varsity game, 21-27despite 12 points from Jacob Guzman7TH GRADEJasper […]

SATURDAY RESULTS (11/8/25)

(CHAMPAIGN) in Girls High School Swimming from Saturday –at the IHSA Sectional held in Champaignthe four swimmers from Richland County High School did wellwith 31 total downstate schools representedthe Olney […]

WEEKEND RESULTS (11/7-8/25)

(OLNEY) in Men’s Junior College Basketball from the weekend –the OCC Blue Knights split two games at the Vincennes Classicon Friday night, OCC lost to Harcum College, 56-95but on Saturday, […]