NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) After six months supporting U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, the Illinois Army National Guard’s 634th Brigade Support Battalion returned home this past Sunday. The more than a dozen soldiers […]
AREA VEHICULAR ENDANGERMENT ACTIVITIES

(EFFINGHAM) The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Patrol Troop 9 and Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 8 are actively investigating reports of Vehicular Endangerment in both Effingham & Shelby […]
USDA ILLINOIS CROP PROGRESS REPORT

(SPRINGFIELD) In yesterday’s USDA Illinois Crop Progress Report, last week’s average temperature was 74.5 degrees around the state, less than a full degree (0.3) above normal. The statewide average rainfall […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) That upper level low that was hanging over the Ohio River Valley, that gave our downstate area up to one or two inches of rain yesterday, will today continue […]
ROAD IMPROVEMENT WORK

(NEWTON) The Illinois Department of Transportation is today starting a patching and resurfacing project on Route 33 from the Effingham County line to West End Avenue in Newton. While lane […]
AGRONOMY DAY AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

(CHAMPAIGN) Agronmy Days at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will continue this week with the Yield of Dreams Crop Physiology Field Day, coming up this Thursday, August 7th, at the […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS

(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed 124 bills into law this past Friday. Effective immediately, House Bill 1806 prohibits licensed mental health professionals from using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make […]
FAYETTE COUNTY DROWNING

(VANDALIA) The investigation is continuing into the drowning death of a 9 year old girl in Fayette County. Authorities report the unidentified girl became stuck under a log in the […]
FORMER OLNEY RESIDENT DIES IN BIZARRE TRAFFIC CRASH

(WASHINGTON, INDIANA) The investigation is continuing into a traffic crash that claimed the life of a former Richland County resident. The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office reports that around 4:41 last […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) As the high pressure that gave us beautiful weather over the past few days now moves off to the east, an upper level low moving into the Mid-Mississippi Valley […]