RESIDENTS REMINDED TO STAY ALERT FOR SPRING REPAIR SCAMS
(NEWTON/OLNEY) With springtime approaching, regional residents should be alert to home repair and driveway paving scams. The fraudulent contractors are looking to make any needed repairs to farm buildings, sheds, […]
YESTERDAY’S USDA ILLINOIS AG PRICES RECIEVED REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) In yesterday’s USDA Illinois Ag Prices Received Report : the January Ag Production Index was down 1.4% from December and down 10% from January 2023 : the Crop Production […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (03/01/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) Statewide Republicans are not happy with a Cook County Judge’s decision this past Wednesday to remove former President Donal Trump’s name from Illinois’ GOP primary election ballot. The Circuit […]
FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (03/01/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a fast-moving weather disturbance quickly moves out of our area by later this morning with its light snow and rain, we’ll return to dry weather conditions later today. […]
IECC BOARD MEETING RECAP (02/29/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) The Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees met for its regular monthly meeting in February this past Tuesday night in Fairfield. The Board : approved the District’s Fiscal […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/29/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) A new study shows that Illinois continues to pump money into education without seeing tangible results. The Reason Foundation found that Illinois’ inflation-adjusted education revenue grew from just over […]
THURSDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (02/29/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) It will be a dry Leap Day 2024 on this Thursday with some sunshine and then increasing clouds, on what is known as the last day of meteorological winter, […]
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF AT OCC
(OLNEY) The ticket sales begin next week for the upcoming Olney Central College Theater production of the classic musical “Fiddler On The Roof” which is sponsored by TrustBank. With all […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/28/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity has released $6 million in funding for the Illinois Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program, which provides classroom instruction and hands-on […]
NEWTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING RECAP (02/28/2024)
(NEWTON) The Newton City Council met in regular session a week ago last night. The Council : approved the payment of all bills as presented – $227,089 for pre-paids and […]