“WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND”
(OLNEY) The Olney VFW will have its next Queen of Hearts drawing, all open to the public, at 4:00 this Sunday afternoon. The jackpot is now up to $6,451 if […]
ANNUAL STRINGTOWN PICNINC THIS SUNDAY
(STRINGTOWN) The Annual Stringtown Picnic is this coming Sunday, running from 11:00 to 6:00, at the air-conditioned St. Joseph Parish Center. The all-you-can-eat smorgasbord meal with include beef, ham, homemade […]
ENTRIES FOR THE 2024 RICHLAND COUNTY FAIR TALENT SHOW NEEDED
(OLNEY) Entries are needed for this year’s “Talent Show” which is next Tuesday night, July 23rd, starting at 7:00, at the Olney City Park’s Bandshell. With entry to the Talent […]
RICHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD JULY MEETING RECAP
(OLNEY) The Richland County School Board of Education had its regular monthly meeting for July last night in Olney. The Board : approved the June financial report with the bill […]
2024 CONSERVATION PRACTICE ADOPTION MOTIVATIONS SURVEY
(SPRINGFIELD) The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are teaming up to conduct the 2024 Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Survey (CPAMS). The 43,000 […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (07/19/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced that unemployment increased to 5 percent. The May revised unemployment rate was 4.9 percent. The national unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in […]
FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION
(OLNEY/NEWTON) Our downstate area dry and pleasant weather pattern continues today with more sunshine and a slight warm up each day tomorrow and Sunday. Then our next chance of rain […]
RFD-TV FEATURING THE SINGING BLACKSMITH OF WEST SALEM TODAY AND SATURDAY
(WEST SALEM) Folks are encouraged to tune into RFD-TV this Tuesday afternoon and later this weekend for a special Rural Heritage program featuring our friend, The Singing Blacksmith, Bryan Dale […]
OLNEY TIGERSHARKS RESULTS FROM THE WEEKEND
(OLNEY) In Summer Swimming from Saturday – The Olney Tigersharks won the Carmi Invitational Swim Meet, the other teams included Carmi, Fairfield, McLeansboro, and Mt. Carmel. GIRLS There were four […]
RICHLAND COUNTY RAINFALL REPORT FOR THIS WEEK
(OLNEY) In this week’s Richland County Farm Bureau rainfall report for the past week, with the reporting period ending at 8:00 yesterday (Monday) morning, the county’s highest total of rain […]