ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS BUSY THIS SPRING

(SPRINGFIELD) With the Illinois Products Expo a huge success earlier this month on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, the event drew some 7,600 attendees, up 900 from last year, as over 100 Illinois-based food […]

NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) With the tax filing deadline of April 15th now less than a month away, officials with the Illinois Department of Revenue are reminding statewide residents that if they are […]

FIRST PERFORMANCES THIS WEEKEND AT OCC

(OLNEY) Tickets are still on sale for the OCC Theater spring production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” With the first performances set for this coming weekend, Friday through […]

IN THE DAYS AHEAD

(NEWTON/OLNEY) In meetings coming up this week : All the meetings are open to the public, with the exception of any executive sessions.

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT

(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board of Education met last night in Newton for its regular monthly meeting in March. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as […]

REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a high pressure ridge in the lower Mississippi River Valley and a surface low pressure system far to our north/northwest in southeast Quebec, we’re squeezed in the middle […]

CHANCES TO GET OUT AND 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 […]

REGISTRATION IS NOW UNDERWAY

(BLOOMINGTON) Applications are now being accepted this year’s Young Leader Ag Industry Tour, which is set for July 13th through 19th, to Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. While northern New […]

NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) The Gun Owners Foundation and Gun Owners of America have filed suit in the Southern District of Illinois over the state’s prohibition of open and concealed public carry of […]