DELINQUENT TAX SALES IN RICHLAND AND JASPER COUNTIES
(NEWTON/OLNEY) As Trustees, Richland and Jasper Counties have completed their tax deed proceedings on real estate properties that were delinquent for 2021 and mobile homes that were delinquent for 2022, […]
THURSDAY MORNING WEATHER DISCUSSION (07/31/2025)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a cold front settles southward into the Ohio River Valley by later today, a high pressure ridge will build into the Upper Midwest by tonight. For our downstate […]
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING INTO SINGLE VEHICLE TRAFFIC CRASH IN MARION COUNTY
(SALEM) The investigation is continuing into a Monday evening single vehicle traffic crash at around 5:45 that occurred along the Route 161 Extension at the Slapout Curve, south of Iuka, […]
THIS WEEK’S USDA ILLINOIS CROP PROGRESS REPORT (07/30/2025)
(SPRINGFIELD) In this week’s USDA Illinois Crop Progress Report, last week’s average temperature around the state was 80.7 degrees, that’s 5.1 degrees above normal. Illinois’ statewide precipitation was 1.54 inches […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (07/30/2025)
(CHICAGO) The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office is planning to resume efforts to ban insurance companies from using age, credit scores, and zip codes to determine auto coverage rates. A […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (07/30/2025)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) We’re getting closer to a break in our downstate area heat wave as we transition from July to August. While a Heat Advisory remains in effect for the northern […]
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING INTO FATAL SHOOTING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
(MT. VERNON) The investigation is continuing into an early morning deadly shooting on this Monday down in Mt. Vernon. It was at just before 1:00 this morning that Mt. Vernon […]
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING INTO OIL WELL LOCATION EXPLOSION IN EDWARDS COUNTY
(ALBION) The investigation is continuing into an oilfield explosion that occurred around 2:30 this past Friday afternoon in Edwards County, located at an oil-well location just off of State Route […]
ILLINOIS WHEAT ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL SUMMER WHEAT FORUM THIS THURSDAY (07/31/2025)
(BLOOMINGTON) The Illinois Wheat Association’s annual Summer Wheat Forum is set for this Thursday evening at the American Farm Heritage Museum, just off of Interstate 70, in Greenville. Running from […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (07/28/2025)
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois lawmakers now earn the fourth highest pay rate in America, at $128,000 annually, or more than double the national average. With their latest pay hike, base salaries jumped […]