TUESDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (10/01/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) We’ll have the first of several pleasant fall days and nights on this Tuesday with sunshine and some afternoon clouds as a dry cold front moves southeast across the […]
OUT OF STATE WOMAN DECEASED AFTER LOCAL FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH
(XENIA) An out-of-state woman is deceased after a three vehicle traffic accident occurred shortly passed 12:00 noon last Friday along U.S. Route 50, a quarter of a mile west of […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (09/30/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) With the state’s unemployment rate already now at 5.3%, many statewide lawmakers are warning that the majority of people in Illinois are being hurt by policy decisions in Springfield, […]
MONDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (09/30/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With plenty of clouds for most of this last day of September 2024, we’ll have a slight, slight chance of some spotty showers or drizzle here in our downstate […]
‘WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND’
(OLNEY) The Olney VFW will have its next Queen of Hearts drawing, all open to the public, at 4:00 this Sunday afternoon. The jackpot is now up to $11,284 if […]
OLNEY WATER FLUSHING MONDAY
(OLNEY) The City of Olney Water Department will be flushing select fire hydrants throughout Olney, starting at 7:00, next Monday morning, September 30th. It’s at that time that residents may […]
YESTERDAY’S USDA ILLINOIS HOG AND PIGS REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) In yesterday’s USDA Illinois Hogs & Pigs Report : the Illinois inventory of all hogs & pigs on September 1st, 2024, was 5.60 million head, down 3% from June […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (09/27/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) New data shows Illinois’ infant mortality rate has dropped. The State Department of Public Health announced yesterday that the numbers indicate the rate went down from 5.6 deaths per […]
FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (09/27/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As the remnants of Hurricane Helene move northwestward towards the mid-Mississippi River Valley, our main downstate area rain-maker overnight was a strong low pressure storm system that’s spinning in […]
LOCAL POLLS OPEN FOR EARLY VOTING AT CLERKS OFFICE
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As noted before in our state news segment, Early Voting for the 2024 November 5th election is now underway at all downstate area County Clerk’s Offices, open weekdays from […]