NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) The federal government has awarded Illinois $193.4 million per year for five years to expand healthcare access in rural areas. The Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services outlined […]
LOCAL MUNICIPAL MEETINGS NEXT WEEK
(NEWTON/OLNEY) There are two municipal meetings coming up next week : The City of Olney Plan Commission will meet this coming Monday night, January 5th, at Olney City Hall, starting […]
OLNEY CENTRAL COLLEGE / NURSING PROGRAM
(OLNEY) The next one hour meeting for students interested in applying for Fall 2026 admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program at OCC is later this month in Wattleworth Hall […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As we start the year 2026 with a cold front draped across the Interstate 70 corridor, it will be dry weather conditions for the next several days and nights […]
HARVESTED DEER CAN HELP THOSE IN NEED
(NEWTON/OLNEY) Area deer hunters are encouraged to help out this year’s Hunters Feeding Illinois program whereas harvested deer are donated to participating meat processors, who in turn provide venison meat to statewide food pantries to help […]
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
(OLNEY) The Richland County Soil & Water Conservation District has announced its Annual Meeting is coming up on Thursday night, January 22nd, 2026, at the Best Western Parkside Event Center […]
NEW YEAR / SAME SERVICES OFFERED
(NEWTON) The Jasper County Solid Waste Program is continuing in 2026. While the dumpsters at the County Highway Building, the Newton site, are available Saturdays from 7:00 to 1:30, dumpsters at all other […]
NRCS / NATIONAL BATCHING DEADLINE
(SPRINGFIELD) The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced the establishment of a national January 15th, 2026, batching deadline for the first funding round of key conservation programs. The […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Nearly 300 new Illinois laws will take effect at midnight tonight, on January 1st, 2026. A few of the new laws include police training on sexual assault, a requirement […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) We’ll wrap up 2025 weatherwise with dry and quiet weather conditions and begin the first of 2026 pretty much the same way. Although areas to our north, north of […]