FEBRUARY 2025 ILLINOIS CROP PROGRESS REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) In this month’s USDA Illinois Crop Progress Report, the statewide average temperature was 29.1 degrees in February, just over 1 (1.1) degree below normal. The state’s average precipitation was […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (03/05/2025)
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois has the highest tax rates in the nation, as the personal finance website WalletHub yesterday released its yearly report on the “States with the Highest and Lowest Tax […]
WEDNESDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (03/05/2025)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With more rain chances on this Wednesday before the precipitation is scheduled to stop, the frontal system moving across the Midwest will eventually move off to the east with […]
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING AFTER WAYNE COUNTY HOUSE FIRE DEATH
(WAYNE CITY) A rural Wayne County man is dead after a fire swept through his home late Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Authorities report firefighters were called to the […]
IFB GRANTED 23 2024-2025 RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
The Illinois Farm Bureau, in partnership with county Farm Bureaus across the state, has announced the recipients of the 2024-2025 Rural Development Grants. A total of 23 grants were awarded, […]
MARCH’S PROJECTIONS FOR ACREAGE PLANTED AHEAD
(SPRINGFIELD) With some warmer temperatures the last couple of weeks, along with the new month of March, last week’s USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum helped provide fresh projections for acreage to […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (03/04/2025)
(SPRINGFIELD) In recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, the Illinois Attorney General’s office has released the Top 10 consumer complaints that it has received last year. For the fourth year […]
TUESDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (03/04/2025)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With our warmer-than-normal air in place over the Midwest today and a frontal system approaching from the west, we’ll have a very good chance of rain, maybe a storm […]
THIS WEEK IS SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS WEEK
(LINCOLN/PADUCAH) This is Severe Weather Preparedness Week as the National Weather Service and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency will highlight a specific area of safety each day, today through Friday. […]
OLNEY COUPLE ARRESTED AFTER CANNABIS FOUND IN CHILD’S BACKPACK AT SCHOOL – INVESTIGATION CONTINUING
(OLNEY) The investigation is continuing into last week’s arrest of an Olney couple, both charged with possession of methamphetamine and for endangering the life or health of a child. It […]