LATEST NON-USDA HARVEST ESTIMATES

(SPRINGFIELD) Warm and dry weather across much of the state created a wide-open harvest window for many farmers so far this harvest season. While no crop progress data from the […]

NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Municipal League has announced that 656 municipalities across the state, more than half, have adopted an ordinance establishing a 1% local grocery tax. The action has been […]

REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING LAST NIGHT

(OLNEY) The Olney City Council met in regular session last night. The Council : approved the payment of all bills as presented : accepted the quote to purchase light fixtures […]

REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) Our dry weather will continue today as a weak cold front in the Upper Midwest slowly moves southward. As that frontal system stalls out over central Illinois tomorrow, we’ll […]

EPA/IDOA TEAMING UP FOR COST SHARE EFFORTS

(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Department of Agriculture have announced $67 million in funding to offer cost-share/financial incentives to producers and landowners who implement no-till or […]

NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session begins tomorrow and taxes are expected to be part of the conversation in the State Capitol. This year, lawmakers have proposed a […]

OSHA/IECC TRAINING THIS IN OCTOBER

(OLNEY) The IECC Business & Industry program is offering several opportunities for OHSA Training at the Terry L. Bruce West Richland Center in Noble. Coming up this Friday, October 17th, […]

LOCAL / AREA DRIVES THIS WEEK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) The American Red Cross is asking area blood donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity, especially with all blood types and platelets needed due […]

BACK TO NORMAL WATER DISINFECTANT TODAY

(OLNEY) The City of Olney Water Department will today be switching the disinfectant in its water distribution system from free chlorine to chloramine, the normal disinfectant used by the City […]

REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) The warm and dry weather pattern for our downstate area continues today and likely for all of this work week. Even as an approaching cold front drops south across […]