REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As the upper level low moving across the Midwest continues to track eastward today, we’ll more clouds and more on-and-off again rain chances through tonight. As the wet weather […]
NOTICE FOR WORK ALONG NORTH ROUTE 130
(OLNEY) The Illinois Department of Transportation and the Richland County Highway Department is announcing that while the road improvement work along Illinois Route 130 at the Mt. Gilead Lane intersection […]
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board of Education had its regular monthly meeting for September last night in Newton. The Board : held an annual budget hearing & then later […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) This is Farm Safety and Health Week in Illinois with a theme of “Safety First, Avoid the Worst.” Marking the 80th year for the annual observance nationwide, the emphasis […]
ILLINOIS WEEKLY CROP PROGRESS REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) In yesterday’s USDA Illinois Crop Progress Report, there was an average of just over 6 full days of field work around the state as the 2025 fall harvest made […]
REGULAR BI-MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
(OLNEY) The Olney City Council met last night in regular session. The Council : approved the payment of all bills as presented, including various payments for the Main Street Storm […]
DENSE FOG ADVISORY
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGENational Weather Service Lincoln IL219 AM CDT Tue Sep 23 2025 Richland-Jasper-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Clay-Crawford-Lawrence-Edwards-Wayne-Wabash-White-Hamilton Including the cities of Paris, Flora, Marshall, Lawrenceville,Effingham, Greenup, Olney, Newton, Robinson, Albion, Mt. Carmel […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) After areas of dense fog lift later this morning, we’ll have a mostly cloudy and dry sky on tap for this Tuesday with more rain and possibly thunderstorm chances […]
NOW AVAILABLE IN RICHLAND COUNTY
(OLNEY) The Richland County Health Office in Olney will have its next walk-in “flu shot clinic” this Wednesday, from 8:00 to 12:00 in the morning and from 1:00 to 5:00 […]
UPCOMING AREA BLOOD 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 in order to help replenish very low levels of […]