NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(CHICAGO) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker met with Cook County officials yesterday to announce a combined $2.6 billion in erased medical debt, and of that total, well over half, $1.5 billion, […]
ANNUAL SHRINE DANCE IN JASPER COUNTY
(NEWTON) Get ready for the Jasper County Annual Shrine Dance, now less than two weeks away, coming up on Saturday night, March 14th, starting at 8:00 that night. The $10.00 […]
FARMERS SOMEWHAT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2026
(WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA) Farmer sentiment improved modestly last month in February, while future expectations slipped, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Up by 3 points from January, […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) Our early downstate area rain this morning will be followed by a dry period until later this afternoon and evening when our next wave of showers and possible storms will roll through, plus […]
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 […]