IFB EFFORTS SUCCESSFUL INSTOPPING STATE SENATE VOTE
(BLOOMINGTON) Efforts made by Illinois Farm Bureau members and coalition partners were successful in stopping the State Senate’s vote on proposed wetland legislation, at least for now. It was Wednesday […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (04/15/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Department of Revenue is reminding taxpayers that today is the deadline to file those 2023 state and federal individual income tax returns. All filing must be done […]
MONDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (04/15/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) The above normal warm weather conditions continue today through midweek as a south/southwesterly wind flow re-develops by tomorrow, however the warm air from the southwest will bring us our […]
IN LOCAL AND AREA EVENTS THIS WEEKEND (04/12/2024)
(OLNEY) There’s a winner every weekend at the Olney VFW with its next Queen of Hearts drawing, all open to the public, at 4:00 this Sunday afternoon. Following a $20 […]
RICHLAND COUNTY BOARD MEETING RECAP (04/12/2024)
(OLNEY) The Richland County Board met for its regular monthly meeting for April last night in Olney. The Board : approved the payments of all county claims for March – […]
ILLINOIS PEST SURVEY REPORTS FIRST CUTWORM MOTHS OF 2024
(BLOOMINGTON) The Illinois State Pest Survey is reporting the first trappings of the year of cutworm moths. While the insects are temperature dependent, the survey shows the current numbers of […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (04/12/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) The SAFE-T Act is again making headlines in Illinois with the pretrial release of a man accused of being under the influence and crashing his vehicle into a sheriff’s […]
FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (04/12/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a warming trend will kick in today and run through the upcoming weekend, we’ll also return to some sunshine on this Friday, although mixed up with some clouds. […]
JOSEPH JOHN “JOE” CAREY
(NEWTON) The Funeral service for Joseph John “Joe” Carey, age 61 of Newton, will be held Saturday Afternoon April 13, 2024 at 2:00pm at the Crain Funeral Home in Newton […]
CBS SPORTS RADIO TO BECOME INFINITY SPORTS NETWORK
(OLNEY) The CBS Sports Radio brand as we know it is coming to an end as affiliate stations, including 107.1 FM/740 AM WVLN in Olney, have been notified that the […]