ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (08/05/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed 59 more bills into law late last week, including 23 from the House and 36 from the Senate. One of the most anticipated measures […]
MONDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (08/05/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As the high pressure that gave us dry and mostly sunny weather conditions this past weekend now moves out of the Midwest, we’ll have a couple more days of […]
“WHAT’S HAPPENING” THIS WEEKEND
(WENDELIN) The Holy Cross Catholic Church in Wendelin will host its annual Parish Picnic this Sunday beginning with a 10:00 morning mass and then activities and food available throughout the […]
NASS TO SURVEY FARMERS ON ACRES HARVESTED AND YIELDS EXPECTED THIS MONTH
(SPRINGFIELD) The USDA has announced that at the beginning of each month, running from August through November, it’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be surveying farmers across the nation, […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (08/02/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) Thousands of Illinois youth will be able to pursue careers operating heavy machinery under a new federal grant program announced this week which is aimed to address a workforce […]
FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (08/02/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a cold front moves through our downstate area today, most all of our rain chances come to an end with maybe some lingering showers today through tonight. Then […]
NOBLE CHOWDER QUILT TICKETS STILL ON SALE ONE WEEK AWAY
(NOBLE) With the Annual Noble Chowder nearly one week away, on Saturday, August 10th, tickets are still on sale to win the 2024 Noble Chowder Homecoming Quilt, which this year […]
IECC FAFSA FRIDAYS IN AUGUST
(OLNEY) The Illinois Eastern Community College District has announced FAFSA Fridays in August, starting this coming Friday. It’s for all five Fridays next month, that students may visit the Financial […]
YESTERDAY’S ILLINOIS JUNE AG PRICES REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) In yesterday’s Illinois June Agricultural Prices Report from the USDA : the Agricultural Production Index increased 2.5 percent from May, but decreased four-tenths of a percentage point (0.4) from […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (08/01/2024)
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) In our nation’s capitol, Congresswoman Mary Miller has introduced the Defining Male & Female Act, which will constitutionally codify the definition of gender as either male or female. […]