FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION
(OLNEY/NEWTON) Our downstate area dry and pleasant weather pattern continues today with more sunshine and a slight warm up each day tomorrow and Sunday. Then our next chance of rain […]
RFD-TV FEATURING THE SINGING BLACKSMITH OF WEST SALEM TODAY AND SATURDAY
(WEST SALEM) Folks are encouraged to tune into RFD-TV this Tuesday afternoon and later this weekend for a special Rural Heritage program featuring our friend, The Singing Blacksmith, Bryan Dale […]
RICHLAND COUNTY RAINFALL REPORT FOR THIS WEEK
(OLNEY) In this week’s Richland County Farm Bureau rainfall report for the past week, with the reporting period ending at 8:00 yesterday (Monday) morning, the county’s highest total of rain […]
JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD JULY MEETING RECAP (07/16/2024)
(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board of Education met for its regular monthly meeting in Newton last night. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as presented : […]
YESTERDAY’S USDA ILLINOIS CROP PROGRESS REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) In yesterday’s USDA Illinois Crop Progress Report, there were 4.0 days suitable for fieldwork on average last week around the state. Illinois’ average temperature was 75.5 degrees last week, […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (07/16/2024)
(CHAMPAIGN) With a rare, double emergence of cidada broods in Illinois now completed, researchers are now looking at the damage caused by the phenomenon. Researchers at the University of Illinois […]
TUESDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (07/16/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a line of showers and thunderstorms dropped southeastward into our downstate area this morning, we’ll somewhat dry out by later today before a second round of rain chances […]
AREA BLOOD DRIVES TODAY
Help replenish critically low blood supplies in our area by donating blood at your earliest opportunity. Join us at the upcoming regional blood drives: For a complete list of upcoming […]
NEWTON AMERICAN LEGION SALT N VINEGAR CHICKEN MEAL TOMORROW NIGHT
(NEWTON) The Newton American Legion Post 20 will host another “salt n vinegar” chicken meal with baked potato, salad bar, and dessert tomorrow night with serving to start at 5:30. […]
167TH RICHLAND COUNTY FAIR BEGINS THIS WEEKEND
(OLNEY) The 167th annual Richland County Fair is set to start this coming Friday, July 19th, in the Olney City Park and run through all of next week. Overseen by […]