NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Gaming Board has issued more than sixty (60) cease-and-desist letters to entities allegedly operating illegal online casino and sweepstakes gaming platforms around the state. The letters demand that those allegedly operating such platforms immediately block Illinois residents […]
ANNUAL CATTLECON 2026 HELD THIS WEEK
(SPRINGFIELD) More than 9,500 cattle producers and industry partners from across the nation gathered this week in Nashville, Tennessee for the three day CattleCon 2026 event, which is an all-time […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a warmer-than-normal day on tap for this Friday with a little bit of sunshine through the clouds, our downstate area will turn colder tonight and tomorrow as a […]
U OF I CROP BUDGET PROJECTIONS
(SPRINGFIELD) Crop farmers who rent most of their farmland face the possibility of much weaker returns this coming year compared to those who own more of their ground. The latest […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) A proposal backed by Illinois Democrats to expand voter registration opportunities for high school students is raising concerns among parents and education advocates. House Bill 4339, known as the […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) While multiple clipper systems will roll through areas far to our north over the next 48 hours, giving that region chances of some wintry precipitation, here in our downstate […]
CONCERNS STILL EXIST IN AGRICULTURE
(SPRINGFIELD) Farmer sentiment weakened sharply last month in January as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer (AEB) Index dropped from 136 in December 2025 to 113 in January. The […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says the Land of Lincoln is joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN). The move comes after the United States […]
LOCAL PROGRAM A HUGE SUCCESS
(OLNEY) Illinois Extension serving Richland, Edwards, Lawrence, Wabash, and Wayne Counties marked the end of the 2025-2026 deer hunting season with the success of the local Hunters Feeding Illinois program […]
2026 PRIMARY ELECTION INFORMATION
(NEWTON/OLNEY) A note that Early Voting for the upcoming General Primary Election begins tomorrow, on Thursday, February 5th, 2026, and continues through March 16th, the day before the Primary Election […]