LOCAL LIHEAP SIGNUP STARTS NEXT WEEK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) The Embarras River Basin Agency, as administrator of the LIHEAP Energy Assistance Program for the local/area counties of Richland, Jasper, Lawrence, Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Coles, Edgar, and Douglas, is […]
TUESDAY RESULTS (9/23/25)
(NEWTON) in Boys High School Soccer yesterday –Newton beat Robinson, 5-0 in a rain-shortened contestBrock Anderson led the Eagels with 2 goals and 2 assistsNewton’s other goals were scored by […]
TUESDAY RESULTS (9/23/25)
(OLNEY) in Girls High School Golf yesterday –Olney won a dual match by beating Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville, 209 to 228the Match Medalist was Olney’s Emma Hefferman with a low round 48one stroke […]
TUESDAY RESULTS (9/23/25)
(OLNEY) in High School Volleyball last night –Olney took two of three matches from Mattoonthe Lady Tigers lost a tough varsity match in two games (17-25, 19-25)Olney was led by […]
NOTICE FOR WORK ALONG NORTH ROUTE 130
(OLNEY) The Illinois Department of Transportation and the Richland County Highway Department is announcing that while the road improvement work along Illinois Route 130 at the Mt. Gilead Lane intersection […]
MONDAY RESULTS (9/22/25)
(SALEM) in Junior High School Cross Country yesterday –the Middle School athletes ran at the St. Mary’s Invitational down at CentraliaVARSITY GIRLSOlney finished in fourth place led by Mylo Britton […]
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
(OLNEY) The Richland County School Board met for its regular monthly meeting last night in Olney. The Board : after a public hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 District […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) It will be another day with warmer-than-normal temperatures, but plenty of cloud cover on this Friday as an upper level low pressure system moves across the Midwest this weekend. […]
BOIL WATER IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BOIL ORDERVILLAGE OF CLAY CITY SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 -ISSUED AT 1:30 PM AND IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WATER CUSTOMERS ON SPECIFIC STREETS ONLY. READ CAREFULLY!! – THE WHOLE TOWN […]
LOIS JEAN PORTER
(ANDERSON, INDIANA / OLNEY) The funeral service for Lois Jean Porter, age 96, of Anderson, Indiana, formerly of Olney, Illinois, will be held Monday morning, September 22, 2025, at 11:00, […]