SUNDAY MORNING TRAFFIC CRASH CLAIMS LIFE
(EFFINGHAM) The investigation is continuing into a fatal traffic crash that occurred at around 8:30 this past Sunday morning at the east edge of Dieterich in Effingham County. The Illinois […]
WEEKLY HARVEST PROGRESS REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) While there is no official Illinois Crop Progress Report from yesterday, due to the federal Government shutdown, here’s some numbers concerning the downstate area harvest, according to some area […]
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board of Education had its regular monthly meeting for October last night in Newton. The Board : approved the monthly September bills as presented : […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a cold front extending from Michigan southwestward into the Missouri Ozarks, a strong westerly wind could produce gusts in the 30 to 40 miles-per-hour range today, although we’ll […]
INTERVIEWING IS NOW UNDERWAY
(OLNEY) The Adopt-A-Family of Richland County is still accepting applications for its Christmas Gift Program as families can go to the AdoptAFamily Richland page on Facebook for an online application. […]
IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN CLAY COUNTY
(FLORA) Clay County Water has announced a boil water order is in effect all customers due to a water main break that has been repaired. Again, that’s until further notice. […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Federal courts are reducing operations and stopping payments to workers due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. Government. The U.S. District Court in Chicago said in a statement […]
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BLOOD
(OLNEY/NEWTON) The American Red Cross is asking area blood donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity as all blood types and platelets are very much […]
UPCOMING MEETINGS
(NEWTON/OLNEY) There are several meetings coming up this week : The Jasper County School Board has its regular monthly meeting tonight in Newton at 6:30. The Newton City Council has […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With the second of two cold fronts moving through our downstate area by early yesterday morning, our 24-hour regional rainfall totals averaged from a low of one inch up […]