REGIONAL WEEKLY HARVEST UPDATE
(NEWTON/OLNEY) With the Illinois Crop Progress Report again not available this week due to the government shutdown, downstate area farmers in the ten-county region report that the 2025 fall harvest […]
MONDAY NIGHT’S REGULAR MEETING
(OLNEY) The Olney City Council met last night in regular session. The Council : approved the payment of all bills as presented : on an unanimous vote, amended the Title […]
CATHERINE MARIE “CATHY” (CARLEN) FELTNER
(GREENUP) The funeral service for Catherine Marie “Cathy” (Carlen) Feltner, age 55, of Greenup, Illinois, will be held Wednesday morning, November 12, 2025, at 10:00, at the Barkley Funeral Home […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) It will be a dry and windy day on tap for this Veterans Day 2025 with a mostly cloudy sky. Although a gradual warming trend begins today, the south/southwesterly […]
DORIS G. WEILER
(CLAY CITY) The celebration of life service for Doris G. Weiler, age 77, of Clay City, Illinois, will be held Saturday afternoon, November 15, 2025, at 2:00, at the Frank […]
DONALD LEE “DON” STOLL
(OLNEY) The funeral service for Donald Lee “Don” Stoll, age 81, of Olney, Illinois, will be held Thursday morning, November 13, 2025, at 10:00, at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in […]
MONDAY RESULTS (GIRL’S HOOPS) 11/3/25
(OLNEY) in Girls Junior High Basketball last night –Olney St. Joe had two road wins at Allendale/St. Mary’sA TEAMthe Lady Wildcats won the varsity game, 37-9led by Belle Graves with […]
MONDAY RESULTS (BOY’S HOOPS) 11/3/25
(NEWTON) in Boys Junior High Basketball last night –Jasper County swept two games at home against Oblong8TH GRADEthe Junior Eagles won the varsity game, 37-26led by Grant Frichtl and Dawson […]
STABLE ENROLLMENT REPORT FROM IECC
(OLNEY/NEWTON) Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (IECC) is reporting steady enrollment this fall, with strong gains among dual credit, career and technical, transfer, and adult education students. While overall full-time equivalent […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Election integrity advocates are calling for sweeping reforms after a new international report ranks Illinois near the bottom for election security. According to a comprehensive international survey by The […]