NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois voters will have a rematch in the race for Governor later this fall after downstate farmer, Darren Bailey, beat out three other candidates in yesterday’s Primary Election. While […]
LOCAL PRIMARY ELECTION CONTESTED RESULTS
(OLNEY) Nearly 23% of the registered voters in Richland County made their choices known by casting votes in the 2026 General Primary Election yesterday, setting the stage for the General […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) After some morning chances of light snow or scattered flurries, a significant warming trend starts this afternoon with a southwesterly wind flow for our downstate area. The dry and warmer […]
FAFSA COMPLETION EVENT AT OCC
(OLNEY) Olney Central College is hosting a FAFSA Completion event a week from today, on Tuesday, March 24th, from 3:00 to 6:00, in Room 205, on the second floor of […]
ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS BUSY THIS SPRING
(SPRINGFIELD) With the Illinois Products Expo a huge success earlier this month on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, the event drew some 7,600 attendees, up 900 from last year, as over 100 Illinois-based food […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) With the tax filing deadline of April 15th now less than a month away, officials with the Illinois Department of Revenue are reminding statewide residents that if they are […]
FIRST PERFORMANCES THIS WEEKEND AT OCC
(OLNEY) Tickets are still on sale for the OCC Theater spring production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” With the first performances set for this coming weekend, Friday through […]
IN THE DAYS AHEAD
(NEWTON/OLNEY) In meetings coming up this week : All the meetings are open to the public, with the exception of any executive sessions.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board of Education met last night in Newton for its regular monthly meeting in March. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a high pressure ridge in the lower Mississippi River Valley and a surface low pressure system far to our north/northwest in southeast Quebec, we’re squeezed in the middle […]