MONDAY RESULTS (10/20/25)

(NEWTON/OLNEY) in Boys High School Soccer yesterday –here’s some regional results from our downstate areaCLASS 1A@ Altamont : Newton beat Pana, 8-1@ Altamont : Teutopolis beat Altamont, 3-2Columbia beat Pinckneyville, […]

SUNDAY MORNING TRAFFIC CRASH CLAIMS LIFE

(EFFINGHAM) The investigation is continuing into a fatal traffic crash that occurred at around 8:30 this past Sunday morning at the east edge of Dieterich in Effingham County. The Illinois […]

WEEKLY HARVEST PROGRESS REPORT

(SPRINGFIELD) While there is no official Illinois Crop Progress Report from yesterday, due to the federal Government shutdown, here’s some numbers concerning the downstate area harvest, according to some area […]

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT

(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board of Education had its regular monthly meeting for October last night in Newton. The Board : approved the monthly September bills as presented : […]

REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a cold front extending from Michigan southwestward into the Missouri Ozarks, a strong westerly wind could produce gusts in the 30 to 40 miles-per-hour range today, although we’ll […]

HONORATO T. “NORY” JAPSON

(WILLOW HILL) The funeral service for Honorato T. “Nory” Japson, age 82, of Willow Hill, Illinois, will be held Thursday morning, October 23, 2025, at 11:00, at the Crain Funeral […]

DONALD GENE “DON” JUDGE

(OLNEY) The memorial service for Donald Gene “Don” Judge, age 92, of Olney, Illinois, will be held Saturday morning, October 25, 2025, at 11:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in […]

RONNIE LEMKE

(PARKERSBURG) The funeral service for Ronnie Lemke, age 81, of Parkersburg, Illinois, will be held Tuesday morning, October 21, 2025, at 10:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Olney, Illinois, […]

JIMMIE W. THOMAS

(CLAY CITY) The funeral service for Minister Jimmie W. Thomas, age 88, of Clay City, Illinois, will be held Monday afternoon, October 20, 2025, at 3:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral […]

NATHANIEL “ALLEN” MILLER

(NOBLE) The funeral service for Nathaniel “Allen” Miller, age 59, of Noble, Illinois, will be held Wednesday afternoon, October 22, 2025, at 1:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Olney, […]