NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS & AG NEWS

(SPRINGFIELD) Emergency rules from the Illinois Department of Corrections to scan inmate mail are under review by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. The rules discussed this week aimed to […]

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

(OLNEY) The Richland County School Board met for its regular monthly meeting last night in Olney. The Board : after a public hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 District […]

REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) It will be another day with warmer-than-normal temperatures, but plenty of cloud cover on this Friday as an upper level low pressure system moves across the Midwest this weekend. […]

BOIL WATER IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

BOIL ORDERVILLAGE OF CLAY CITY SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 -ISSUED AT 1:30 PM AND IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WATER CUSTOMERS ON SPECIFIC STREETS ONLY. READ CAREFULLY!! – THE WHOLE TOWN […]

LOIS JEAN PORTER

(ANDERSON, INDIANA / OLNEY) The funeral service for Lois Jean Porter, age 96, of Anderson, Indiana, formerly of Olney, Illinois, will be held Monday morning, September 22, 2025, at 11:00, […]

NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(CHICAGO) The Cook County Department of Public Health has confirmed the first human West Nile virus-related death in Illinois this year. Officials say the laboratory testing has confirmed that West […]

WEDNESDAY RESULTS (9/17/25)

(SALEM) in Junior High Cross Country yesterday –the Middle School runners competed at the Salem Invitational MeetBOYS VARSITYthe Cubs were fifth with over 15 teams taking part, led byAiden Hundley […]

WEDNESDAY RESULTS (9/17/25)

(NEWTON) in Junior High Baseball yesterday –the upstate IESA Regional Championship games were playedhere’s some results involving downstate area teamsCLASS 1A @ Altamont : Dieterich beat North Clay, 9-5CLASS 1A […]

WEEKEND RESULTS (9/13/25)

(NEWTON) in Marching Band news from last weekend –a total of fourteen bands performed at the Jasper County Fall Festival Paradethe RCHS Marching Tigers from Olney did very well in […]

WEDNESDAY RESULTS (9/17/25)

(OLNEY) in Boys High School Golf yesterday –Olney outshot visiting Red Hill/Lawrenceville by 11 strokes, 153 to 164Flora finished in third place with 180 pointsOlney’s Ayden Nealis was the Match […]