WEDNESDAY NIGHT RESULTS (2/4/26)

(OLNEY) in Men’s Junior College Basketball last night – the OCC Blue Knights won at home, beating Lake Land, 80-76 Gabe Johnson led OCC with 20 points while Kasym Nash […]

U OF I CROP BUDGET PROJECTIONS

(SPRINGFIELD) Crop farmers who rent most of their farmland face the possibility of much weaker returns this coming year compared to those who own more of their ground. The latest […]

NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) A proposal backed by Illinois Democrats to expand voter registration opportunities for high school students is raising concerns among parents and education advocates. House Bill 4339, known as the […]

REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) While multiple clipper systems will roll through areas far to our north over the next 48 hours, giving that region chances of some wintry precipitation, here in our downstate […]

TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS (2/3/26)

(NEWTON) in Junior High Volleyball last night – Jasper County split two matches with Cumberland 8TH GRADE the Junior Lady Eagles won the varsity match in three games Led by […]

TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS & MORE (2/3/26)

(NEWTON/OLNEY) in Girls High School Basketball last night – there was one LIC team in a rescheduled non-conference matchup Marshall beat ALAH, 57-49 here’s some downstate area varsity results Effingham […]

TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS (2/3/26)

(OLNEY) in Boys High School Basketball last night – Olney split two games on the road at Mattoon VARSITY the host Green Wave won the varsity game, 75-42 Reid Brown […]

CONCERNS STILL EXIST IN AGRICULTURE

(SPRINGFIELD) Farmer sentiment weakened sharply last month in January as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer (AEB) Index dropped from 136 in December 2025 to 113 in January. The […]

NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says the Land of Lincoln is joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN). The move comes after the United States […]

LOCAL PROGRAM A HUGE SUCCESS

(OLNEY) Illinois Extension serving Richland, Edwards, Lawrence, Wabash, and Wayne Counties marked the end of the 2025-2026 deer hunting season with the success of the local Hunters Feeding Illinois program […]