NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says the executive order issued by President Donald Trump this past Tuesday to address election integrity is unconstitutional. The Governor said in a social media […]
FIRE FATALITIES STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION
(FARINA) The investigation continues into the early Sunday morning house fire in Farina that claimed the lives of two teenage brothers. The State Fire Marshall’s Office says the original fire […]
WATER WORKS IN NEWTON AND OLNEY
(NEWTON) The City of Newton has a planned water outage scheduled for this Thursday morning, starting at 9:00, and continuing until the maintenance work is finished later in the day. […]
SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN OLNEY
(OLNEY) The Richland County School Board of Education will have a special meeting this Tuesday evening at the Unit Office Board Room in Olney, beginning at 5:00. Most of the […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) It’s another warm day on tap with a gusty south/southwesterly wind for this final day of March 2026, with more of the same expected the rest of this work […]
USDA HOGS AND PIGS REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) The U.S. inventory of hogs and pigs as of March 1st was 74.3 million head, according to USDA’s latest quarterly report released yesterday. While the total was up slightly […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Gun rights advocates in Illinois have been raising alarms over a pair of State House proposals that would affect gun owners throughout the state. House Bill 43 is legislation […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With the cold front moving through last night through early this morning, our rain chances will eventually end this morning with dry conditions expected this afternoon. A strong north […]
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 […]
REGULAR MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT
(OLNEY) The Olney City Council met last night in regular session. The Council : approved the payment of all accounts payable as presented : following the results of a non-binding […]