REGULAR BI-MONTHLY MEETING THIS WEEK

(NEWTON) The Newton City Council met in regular session this past Tuesday night. The Council : agreed to authorize the city’s final project for the Energy Transition Community Grant application […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) President Donald Trump has signed bipartisan legislation into law which will help parents travel by air with breast milk and breastfeeding supplies. The Bottles & Breastfeeding Equipment Screening […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) With another cold front moving across our downstate area early this morning, we’ll have colder air in place today and especially overnight by sunrise Friday morning as a surface […]
THE LATEST IN NATIONWIDE FARM NEWS

(SPRINGFIELD) It was this past Monday that USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said, without providing further details, that the Trump administration expects to announce an aid package for U.S. farmers within […]
CLOSED TEMPORARILY IN DOWNTOWN OLNEY

(OLNEY) The Good Samaritan of Richland County, in downtown Olney, is closed today, on this Wednesday, due to demolition work in the building next door. It’s also noted that the […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Attorney General’s office has announced that some Ameren Illinois customers in central and southern Illinois will receive a credit on their upcoming power bills, the result of […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) A surge of warmer air is moving across our downstate area as our surface winds switched around from the south overnight, all as a surface high pressure moves out […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) Ameren Illinois residential customers in southern and central Illinois will see an average $3.65 increase on their natural gas bills starting next month in January, although the hike could […]
LOCAL PESTICIDE TESTING STARTS THIS WEEK

(ALBION) The Illinois Department of Agriculture and local Illinois Extension Units are working together to offer in-person testing for pesticide applicators and operators who need their private, commercial or special […]
THANKS TO ALL WHO TOOK PART SUNDAY

(OLNEY) Here’s a look at the winners from this past Sunday’s Olney Christmas Parade : MAYOR’S CHOICE Summer Solutions Travel Agency QUEEN’S CHOICE HMC Plumbing BEST BUSINESS First Place – […]