ROAD TO BE CLOSED FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
(OLNEY) The Richland County Highway Department has announced a road closure starting March 4th and continuing for the next several weeks in Denver Township, north of Noble. The closure is […]
LOCAL YOUTH NOW A JUNIOR MEMBER OF AAA
(NOBLE) A rural Richland County youth has been designated as a new junior member of the American Angus Association, as announced by Mark McCully, CEO of the national organization with […]
TICKET SALES BEGIN NEXT WEEK
(OLNEY) A reminder from the Olney Central College Theater that tickets for its spring production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” will go on sale next Monday, March 9th. […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) A new report by the Illinois Department of Public Health shows carbon monoxide exposures in an average of 940 emergency room visits and nearly 57 deaths annually in the […]
2026 STUDENT DAIRY AMBASSADORS SELECTED
(BLOOMINGTON) Midwest Dairy recently announced the names of four college students who will serve as 2026 Illinois Dairy Ambassadors as they will promote the dairy community and support Midwest Dairy’s […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a warm front waivers over downstate Illinois, our on-and-off chances of rain, maybe some thunderstorms, will continue through today and tonight, and pretty much the rest of the […]
CHANCES TO GIVE THE “GIFT OF LIFE” THIS WEEK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a Blood Emergency is place throughout the Midwest, the American Red Cross is asking area blood donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission has released a 294-page document examining how slavery and related issues produced historical harms and continue to generate inequities for black residents of […]
IECC ASSISTANCE TO CHAMPION LAB WORKERS
(OLNEY) The Illinois Eastern Community College District is mobilizing community and college resources to support workers and families impacted by the sudden closure of Champion Labs in Albion as all […]
FORMER WVLN/WSEI EMPLOYEE PASSES AWAY
(VINCENNES) Our thoughts and prayers are with the Ed Ballinger family in Vincennes this week. Ed, at the age of 65, passed away last Wednesday, after spending over 37 years […]