ROAD IMPROVEMENT WORK
(NEWTON) The Illinois Department of Transportation is today starting a patching and resurfacing project on Route 33 from the Effingham County line to West End Avenue in Newton. While lane […]
AGRONOMY DAY AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
(CHAMPAIGN) Agronmy Days at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will continue this week with the Yield of Dreams Crop Physiology Field Day, coming up this Thursday, August 7th, at the […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed 124 bills into law this past Friday. Effective immediately, House Bill 1806 prohibits licensed mental health professionals from using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make […]
FAYETTE COUNTY DROWNING
(VANDALIA) The investigation is continuing into the drowning death of a 9 year old girl in Fayette County. Authorities report the unidentified girl became stuck under a log in the […]
FORMER OLNEY RESIDENT DIES IN BIZARRE TRAFFIC CRASH
(WASHINGTON, INDIANA) The investigation is continuing into a traffic crash that claimed the life of a former Richland County resident. The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office reports that around 4:41 last […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As the high pressure that gave us beautiful weather over the past few days now moves off to the east, an upper level low moving into the Mid-Mississippi Valley […]
(NEWTON) The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that a patching and resurfacing project on Route 33 from the Effingham County line to West End Avenue in Newton will begin […]
2024 TAXES DUE IN 2025
(NEWTON) A reminder that the first Jasper County real estate tax bill installment is due two weeks from today, on August 15th. As in past years, payments for the 2024 […]
STATEWIDE TEXTING SCAM ALERT
(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Sheriff’s Association, along with area Sheriff’s Departments, are warning regional residents to beware of a bogus text message that seems to be from the Illinois Department of […]
AGRICULTURE NEWS
(SPRINGFIELD) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to rescind a 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding that paved the way for the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The […]