REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With an approaching frontal boundary bringing us rain later tonight through tomorrow morning, we’ll have our warmest day of the week on this final Thursday in March with near […]
OCC BASEBALL/SOFTGALL UPDATES

(OLNEY) in Junior College Baseball – the (9-12) Blue Knights are scheduled to host Lewis & Clark today with games at Dennis Conley Field scheduled for 12:00 and 2:30 OCC […]
LATEST T.O.T.A.L. SURVEY RELEASED BY USDA
(SPRINGFIELD) More than 2 million landowners rented out 348 million acres of farmland nationwide in 2024, that’s according to the Tenure, Ownership, and Transition Agricultural Land (TOTAL) survey released last […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois voters will have a rematch in the race for Governor later this fall after downstate farmer, Darren Bailey, beat out three other candidates in yesterday’s Primary Election. While […]
LOCAL PRIMARY ELECTION CONTESTED RESULTS

(OLNEY) Nearly 23% of the registered voters in Richland County made their choices known by casting votes in the 2026 General Primary Election yesterday, setting the stage for the General […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) With the tax filing deadline of April 15th now less than a month away, officials with the Illinois Department of Revenue are reminding statewide residents that if they are […]
CAROLYN SUE WINNETT
(GREENUP, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Carolyn Sue Winnett, age 91, formerly of Greenup, Illinois, will be held Saturday morning, March 21, 2026, at 10:00, at the EverTrue Meramec Bluffs […]
PAUL WILLIAM SCHAFER
(NEWTON, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Paul William Schafer, age 89, of Newton, Illinois, will be held Thursday afternoon, March 19, 2026, at 12:00, at the St. Thomas Catholic Church […]
CALVIN “NEWT” NOLL
(CLAY CITY, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Calvin “Newt” Noll, age 68, of Clay City, Illinois, will be held Wednesday night, March 18, 2026, at 7:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral […]
CHANCES TO GET OUT AND GIVE BLOOD THIS WEEK

(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a Blood Emergency is place throughout the Midwest, the American Red Cross is asking area blood donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity […]