GRANT MONEY COMING TO RICHLAND COUNTY
(OLNEY) Richland County is set to receive a significant amount of grant money for local drug court cases. The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has awarded $45,000 to courts […]
ILLINOIS GROWN POPCORN AVAILABLE
(SPRINGFIELD) This is National Popcorn Day 2026, a good day to look for bargains on the farm grown product at grocery stores across the state and online. With popcorn farms […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(EAST DUNDEE) All four Republican gubernatorial candidates are scheduled to take part in a forum in East Dundee, Illinois later this evening. Darren Bailey, Rick Heidner, Ted Dabrowski, and James […]
MISS ILLINOIS COUNTY FAIR QUEEN PAGEANT
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois has a new Miss Illinois County Fair Queen, as crowned last night in Springfield at the annual pageant. It’s Miss Effingham County Fair Queen Krista Phillips, who was […]
JOHN E. RESOR
(OLNEY, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for John E. Resor, age 86, of Olney, Illinois, will be held Saturday morning, January 17, 2026, at 10:00, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church […]
USDA CORN ESTIMATES ARE OUT
(SPRINGFIELD) The USDA estimates American corn farmers produced more than 17 billion bushels of corn in 2025. In fact, the record estimate was boosted by a significant increase in harvested […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois casinos generated over $169 million in adjusted gross revenue last month, a 7.6% increase over December 2024. The Rivers Casino in Des Plaines topped the state with $45.7 […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a surface low pressure system moves into Iowa today, we’ll stay dry with some sunshine on tap for our downstate area on this Tuesday. And after another dry […]
WEAA BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
(GRAYVILLE) in Boys Junior High Basketball this week – it’s the WEAA Boys Basketball Tournament starting tonight, the four first round games are at the higher seeded team site (9) […]
SUNDAY RESULTS (1/4/26)
(MATTOON) in Boys Junior High Wrestling from Sunday – Olney finished first as a team at the Mattoon Tournament the Cubs had eight individual champions BANTAM DIVISION : Camden Scherer […]