LATEST NATIONAL NEWS DEALING WITH HPAI
(SPRINGFIELD) Detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) rose sharply in January and February earlier this year, with 15.5 million birds affected nationwide. While this is substantial, it is 56% […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says the executive order issued by President Donald Trump this past Tuesday to address election integrity is unconstitutional. The Governor said in a social media […]
FIRE FATALITIES STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION
(FARINA) The investigation continues into the early Sunday morning house fire in Farina that claimed the lives of two teenage brothers. The State Fire Marshall’s Office says the original fire […]
WATER WORKS IN NEWTON AND OLNEY
(NEWTON) The City of Newton has a planned water outage scheduled for this Thursday morning, starting at 9:00, and continuing until the maintenance work is finished later in the day. […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As the frontal boundary hanging over south-central Illinois continues to waiver back and forth, north and south, our downstate area rain chances will continue later today through tonight and tomorrow morning. Then more rain and […]
USDA RELEASES SPRING PLANTING ESTIMATES
(SPRINGFIELD) In yesterday’s USDA prospective plantings report, while U.S. farmers intend to plant 95.3 million acres of corn this spring, down 3% from last year, they plan to plant 84.7 […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois business leaders pressured state lawmakers yesterday to approve billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded child-care investments, arguing that without more public spending, families and small businesses will continue to […]
“MEET & GREET” AT CARLE RMH NEXT WEEK
(OLNEY) Carle Richland Memorial Hospital will host a special event for the community this coming Tuesday evening, April 7th, in Olney, as several of the hospital’s providers will be available […]
SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT
(OLNEY) The Richland County School Board of Education met in special session last night in Olney with most of the meeting held in executive session to discuss student discipline. After […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a cold front hangs over central Illinois and starts to waiver both north and south over the next 72 hours, we’ll have on-and-off chances of showers and maybe some thunderstorms […]