IN MEETING MINUTES FROM RICHLAND COUNTY LAST NIGHT (02/27/2024)
(OLNEY) The Olney City Council met in regular session last night. The Council : approved the payment of all bills as presented : amended the City’s 2023-2024 Tourism Budget and […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/27/2024)
(CHICAGO) Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is in support of proposed legislation that aims to prevent insurance companies from using consumer information, like a person’s race, to set what […]
TUESDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION
(OLNEY/NEWTON) It will be another warmer-than-normal day on tap for this Tuesday with a chance of rain and maybe some thunderstorm activity for our downstate area today thru tonight. As […]
SPRING CEMETERY MAINTENANCE IN OLNEY BEGINS IN MARCH
(OLNEY) The City of Olney will in March begin mowing and its spring maintenance of Haven Hill, Memorial Garden, and Maple Dale Cemeteries in Olney. For those who would like […]
IN AREA MEETINGS TONIGHT (02/26/2024)
(NOBLE/OLNEY) In local and area meetings coming up this week : * the Olney City Council meets tonight at the Olney City Hall, starting at 6:00 * the Noble Village […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/26/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) California vehicle emissions standards may be coming to the Land of Lincoln if a Chicago and other upstate lawmakers get their way. Introduced in Springfield last week, House Bill […]
MONDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (02/26/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With two more days of warmer-than-normal weather conditions, we’ll have plenty of sunshine on this final Monday of February 2024, and a chance of breaking a only 24 year […]
NEXT LAWYER IN THE LIBRARY IN RICHLAND COUNTY
(OLNEY) The next “Lawyer in the Library” program for Richland County is next Tuesday evening from 4:00 to 6:00 at the Olney Public Library, with pre-registration required. Retired Judge Kim […]
ILLINOIS AG RETAIL SURVEY UNWAY FOR THE 2ND YEAR
(BLOOMINGTON) The second year of the Illinois Ag Retail Survey is underway now thru April to determine producer practices geared toward reducing nutrient loss as part of the state’s currently […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/23/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois was included in yesterday’s massive cellular service outage that affected thousands of customers across the nation. In fact, more than 50,000 AT&T users reported service outages in Illinois […]