NATIONAL FFA WEEK
(SPRINGFIELD) This is National FFA Week, an annual celebration meant to highlight the value of FFA and its impact on students, communities, and agriculture. The week provides a platform for […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) A new report ranks Illinois near the bottom in social mobility. The Archbridge Institute researchers found Illinois at number 38 in the nation for giving its residents the ability […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With an expansive high pressure sitting out to our west and a tight surface pressure gradient over the Upper Midwest, our current cold weather conditions will hang around for […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois House Gaming Committee has advanced legislation in Springfield to ban Illinois home rule cities from regulating the sports betting industry. House Bill 4171 was filed after the […]
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
(OLNEY) The Richland County School Board of Education met for its regular monthly meeting in February last night in Olney. The Board : first held a Public Hearing to hear testimony […]
THURSDAY’S SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK
(NEWTON/OLNEY) Yesterday’s severe weather outbreak began by mid-afternoon as the National Weather Service issued a total of eight severe thunderstorm warnings and thirteen tornado warnings between the hours of 3:00 […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a low pressure storm system moving through our downstate area overnight, colder air is filtering in as we return to near normal mid-February weather. While dry conditions will […]
COMING UP
(OLNEY) A fundraiser for an upcoming Mt. Gilead Church Mission Trip is set for next Wednesday, February 25th, at Monical’s Pizza along East Main Street in Olney. With fundraising fliers […]
TIME RUNNING OUT TO PLACE COOKIE ORDERS
(NEWTON/OLNEY) All are encouraged to help out our local Girl Scouts as the National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend runs tomorrow through Sunday, a time when Girl Scout Troops from across […]
DEADLINE ANNOUNCED BY USDA
(SPRINGFIELD) The USDA is providing details on the previously announced $1 billion to be distributed to specialty crop and sugar growers not covered through the Ag Department’s farmer bridge program. […]