MARY EVELYN DHOM

(NEWTON) The funeral service for Mary Evelyn Dhom, age 94, of Newton, Illinois, will be held Monday morning, October 13, 2025, at 11:00, at the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton, […]
ALAN CURTIS RUSSELL

(WHEELER) The memorial service for Alan Curtis Russell, age 63, of Wheeler, Illinois, will be held Friday evening, October 10, 2025, at 6:00, at the Wheeler Christian Church. Cremation rites […]
JOAN C. “JOANIE” ROBINSON

(OLNEY) The memorial service for Joan C. “Joanie” Robinson, age 82, of Olney, Illinois, will be held Saturday morning, October 18, 2025, at 10:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in […]
BERNARD E. PHILLIPS

(CLAREMONT) The graveside funeral service for Bernard E. Phillips, age 94, of Claremont, Illinois, will be Friday afternoon, October 10, 2025, at 1:00, at the Crest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a cold front moving through our downstate area yesterday, we’ll now have a stretch of some great fall-like weather, although dry, it will be more like normal temperature-wise […]
SCHEDULED GAMES FOR TODAY

(MARION) in downstate Junior High Baseball –here’s the semi-final SIJHSAA State Tournament matchups for todayCLASS S @ MARIONGalatia plays Summersville at 1:00Olney St. Joe plays Steeleville at 2:00CLASS M @ […]
SATURDAY RESULTS (10/4/25)

(TERRE HAUTE) in High School Cross Country from Saturday –there were multiple teams at the Nike Twilight Race in Terre Hautewith hundreds of runners competing in several different racesGIRLSNewton finished […]
MONDAY RESULTS (10/6/25)

(NEWTON/OLNEY) in Boys High School Soccer yesterday –here’s some downstate area varsity resultsPinckneyville beat Mt. Carmel, 4-1Teutopolis beat Greenville, 9-0Danville beat Charleston, 3-1Carterville beat Centralia, 5-0Urbana U High beat Mattoon, […]
MONDAY RESULTS (10/6/25)

(OLNEY/NEWTON) in Junior Varsity Football last night –Newton beat Paris, 30-14Mt. Carmel beat Olney, 31-0
SATURDAY RESULTS (10/4/25)

(OLNEY) in Marching Band news from the weekend –the RCHS Marching Tigers competed at the Effingham Marching Hearts Invitationalperforming in Class 2A, the Tigers earned 2nd place and won the […]