NOTES FOR MEMORIAL DAY 2026
(OLNEY/NEWTON/NOBLE) A reminder that most all city and village halls in the area will be closed next Monday, in observance of Memorial Day 2026. After normal office hours tomorrow, the […]
NASS JUNE AG SURVEY COMING UP
(SPRINGFIELD) During the next several weeks, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the June agricultural survey by contacting over 90,000 producers across the nation to determine crop acreage […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed an executive order to establish a new Aging Commission to help guide and implement the state’s new ten-year blueprint to address the needs of older adults in […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) We’ll have a cloudy, cool, and dry sky on tap for this Thursday throughout our downstate area, although a warming trend will begin tomorrow with warmer air and higher […]
CONGRATULATIONS FOR SELECTION / OLNEY ROAD PARTIALLY CLOSED / BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK
(NEWTON) Congratulations to Jasper County Board Chairman Jason Warfel who has been recently selected as a member of the 2026 class of Edgar Fellows, a prestigious statewide leadership initiative that brings together […]
DOWNSTATE WHEAT TOUR TODAY
(BELLEVILLE) The Illinois Wheat Association is hosting its annual Wheat Plot Tour today at the Southern Illinois University’s Belleville Research Center. The event invited farmers and researchers to tour wheat […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Republican Party has elected a new leader. It’s former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan, who said yesterday that he is honored and humbled to be the next chair for the state […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) After this morning’s rain ends, our downstate area sky will dry up for the rest of today, through tonight, and most all of tomorrow. With a slight chance of more rain back in […]
AREA CHANCES TO GIVE BLOOD 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 […]
WEEKLY ILLINOIS CROP PROGRESS REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) Although the USDA’s latest Crop Progress & Conditions Report shows that statewide corn and soybean planting are about three-quarters complete, the question remains about new concerns of replanting due […]