THURSDAY LOCAL/AREA SPORTS
(OLNEY) in Junior High Baseball yesterday –Olney St. Joe slipped by West Salem, 5-4winning pitcher : Lucca Trupiano struck out 10 in four & two-thirds innings of worktop hitters : […]
AREA INDUCTEES IN THE 4-H HALL OF FAME
(SPRINGFIELD) Congratulations to several area 4-H volunteers who were honored at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield this past weekend. The list of those inducted as 2025 4-H Hall of […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a weak high pressure moves into the Upper Midwest by tonight, our downstate area sky will stay mostly clear, with plenty of sunshine today through tomorrow and right […]
WEDNESDAY LOCAL AND AREA SPORTS
(NEWTON) in Junior High Softball yesterday –here’s some area downstate scoresAltamont beat Vandalia, 5-4Teutopolis beat Okaw Valley, 13-0 (OLNEY/NEWTON) on today’s Junior High Sports Calendar :SOFTBALL : Middle School Lady […]
WEDNESDAY FARM NEWS
(SPRINGFIELD) The Bayer Chemical Company and country musician Luke Bryan are teaming up with Illinois FFA chapters for the Can-Do Challenge. Statewide FFA chapters are encouraged to collect canned goods […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois businesses are moving to other states at triple the rate they did before the pandemic, that’s according to new research from the Illinois Policy Institute. In 2023, at […]
STATEWIDE TEXTING SCAM CONTINUES
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Sheriff’s Association, along with most all area Sheriff’s Departments, are warning regional residents to beware of a bogus text message from the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles […]
AREA TRAVEL DELAYS CONTINUE
(NEWTON) The Illinois Department of Transportation is continuing a patching and resurfacing project on Route 33 from the Effingham County line to West End Avenue in Newton. While lane closures […]
NOBLE VILLAGE BOARD MEETING
(NOBLE) The Noble Village Board met earlier this week on Monday night for less than one hour. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as presented : approved […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As an upper level weather trof helps push a weak cold front through our downstate area today, we’ll see some clouds mixed with mostly sunshine, however there is a […]