ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (04/15/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Department of Revenue is reminding taxpayers that today is the deadline to file those 2023 state and federal individual income tax returns. All filing must be done […]
MONDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (04/15/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) The above normal warm weather conditions continue today through midweek as a south/southwesterly wind flow re-develops by tomorrow, however the warm air from the southwest will bring us our […]
BRIDGET LEE TYLER
(CLAREMONT) A Memorial service for Bridget Lee Tyler, age 36 of Claremont, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00pm at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Olney. The Visitation is Wednesday […]
MARILYN SUE ANDERSON
(OLNEY) The Graveside Funeral service for Marilyn Sue Anderson, age 78 of Olney, will be held Wednesday morning, April17, 2024 at 10:30 at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in rural Claremont, […]
IN LOCAL AND AREA EVENTS THIS WEEKEND (04/12/2024)
(OLNEY) There’s a winner every weekend at the Olney VFW with its next Queen of Hearts drawing, all open to the public, at 4:00 this Sunday afternoon. Following a $20 […]
RICHLAND COUNTY BOARD MEETING RECAP (04/12/2024)
(OLNEY) The Richland County Board met for its regular monthly meeting for April last night in Olney. The Board : approved the payments of all county claims for March – […]
ILLINOIS PEST SURVEY REPORTS FIRST CUTWORM MOTHS OF 2024
(BLOOMINGTON) The Illinois State Pest Survey is reporting the first trappings of the year of cutworm moths. While the insects are temperature dependent, the survey shows the current numbers of […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (04/12/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) The SAFE-T Act is again making headlines in Illinois with the pretrial release of a man accused of being under the influence and crashing his vehicle into a sheriff’s […]
FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (04/12/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a warming trend will kick in today and run through the upcoming weekend, we’ll also return to some sunshine on this Friday, although mixed up with some clouds. […]
EVELYN CATHERINE McCREERY
(NEWTON) The Funeral service for Evelyn Catherine McCreery, age 86 of Newton, will be held Monday Morning at 10:30 at the St. Thomas Catholic Church in Newton with burial in […]