WILLIAM “BILL” WALDEN
(OLNEY) The funeral service for William “Bill” Walden, age 89, of Olney, will be Saturday morning, August 2, 2025, at 10:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Olney, with burial […]
PASTER ROGER DALE LONG
(NEWTON) The celebration of life service for Pastor Roger Dale Long, age 69, of Newton, will be Friday evening, August 1, 2025, at the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton. The […]
KAREN SUE SMITH
(OLNEY) The funeral service for Karen Sue Smith, age 66, of Olney, will be Friday morning, August 1, 2025, at 10:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Olney, with burial […]
MARILYNN JOYCE COPPER
(NEWTON) The graveside funeral service for Marilynn Joyce Copper, age 85, of Newton, will be Thursday afternoon (7/31/25) at 2:00, at the Walnut Prairie Cemetery east of West Union, rural […]
THURSDAY MORNING WEATHER DISCUSSION (07/31/2025)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a cold front settles southward into the Ohio River Valley by later today, a high pressure ridge will build into the Upper Midwest by tonight. For our downstate […]
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING INTO SINGLE VEHICLE TRAFFIC CRASH IN MARION COUNTY
(SALEM) The investigation is continuing into a Monday evening single vehicle traffic crash at around 5:45 that occurred along the Route 161 Extension at the Slapout Curve, south of Iuka, […]
THIS WEEK’S USDA ILLINOIS CROP PROGRESS REPORT (07/30/2025)
(SPRINGFIELD) In this week’s USDA Illinois Crop Progress Report, last week’s average temperature around the state was 80.7 degrees, that’s 5.1 degrees above normal. Illinois’ statewide precipitation was 1.54 inches […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (07/30/2025)
(CHICAGO) The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office is planning to resume efforts to ban insurance companies from using age, credit scores, and zip codes to determine auto coverage rates. A […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (07/30/2025)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) We’re getting closer to a break in our downstate area heat wave as we transition from July to August. While a Heat Advisory remains in effect for the northern […]
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING INTO FATAL SHOOTING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
(MT. VERNON) The investigation is continuing into an early morning deadly shooting on this Monday down in Mt. Vernon. It was at just before 1:00 this morning that Mt. Vernon […]