RECENT HOGS AND PIGS REPORT FOR AMERICA
(BLOOMINGTON) The USDA’s quarterly hogs and pigs report released yesterday shows a modest year-over-year decline in the nation’s hog herd, projected at 74.5 million head as of September 1st. While […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(OAK BROOK) Former State Senator & State Representative Darren Bailey made it official yesterday, that he is making a second run for Illinois governor. After public stops during the day […]
COVID VACCINATIONS NOW AVAILABLE IN OLNEY
(OLNEY) The Richland County Health Office has announced that it now has the Pfizer Covid vaccination available with the Moderna vaccine soon to arrive. The Health Office, at 208 East […]
WATER SERVICE TO BE SHUT OFF IN NEWTON
(NEWTON) The City of Newton Water Department will be replacing a fire hydrant on Scott Avenue this coming Monday morning, September 29th. With the water to be turned off at […]
FALL FISH SALE CONTINUES ANOTHER WEEK
(OLNEY) The Richland County Soil & Water Conservation District ia still taking orders for their fall fish sales. Although the deadline to order grass carp was yesterday, all other species […]
LOCAL LIHEAP SIGNUP STARTS NEXT WEEK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) The Embarras River Basin Agency, as administrator of the LIHEAP Energy Assistance Program for the local/area counties of Richland, Jasper, Lawrence, Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Coles, Edgar, and Douglas, is […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a high pressure ridge sets up along the Mississippi River, we’ll have plenty of dry weather conditions for the weekend ahead, although with more warmer than normal temperatures […]
FARM SAFETY APPLICATIONS NOW ACCEPTED
(BLOOMINGTON) The Illinois Farm Bureau and COUNTRY Financial are teaming up again to offer Farm Safety Program Grants to county Farm Bureaus with a total of $13,000 in grant funds […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(CHICAGO) Justice Mary K. O’Brien and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of State Representative Terra Costa Howard as a resident circuit judge in DuPage County. Effective October […]
APPLICATIONS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED
(NEWTON) The Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation is continuing to accept applications from Jasper County organizations for project grants from the Jasper County Community Endowment. With October 7th, 2025, as the […]