RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES TODAY
OLNEY/NEWTON) The American Red Cross is asking all donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity to help replenish currently low area blood supplies. Here’s the […]
THE 153RD JASPER COUNTY FAIR COMING SOON
(NEWTON) The 153rd Jasper County Fair is fast approaching, coming up, June 23rd through the 29th, on the fairgrounds, in Newton. With 4-H entries submitted the Saturday before, exhibits will […]
REGISTRATION UNDERWAY FOR 2024 OCC/OAC SUMMER THEATER CAMP
(OLNEY) Registration is underway for the 2024 Olney Central College/Olney Arts Council Summer Children’s Theater Workshop, open to students entering 3rd through 9th grades. While the three week program, July […]
OLNEY ROTARY CLUB CITY-WIDE CLEANUP NEXT WEEK
(OLNEY) The Olney Rotary Club is gearing up for its annual City-Wide Olney Clean & Green Campaign, starting one week from today, June 20th, running through June 28th. With 77 […]
YESTERDAY’S USDA ILLINOIS WHEAT CROP PRODUCTION REPORT
(SPRINGFIELD) In yesterday’s USDA Illinois Wheat Crop Production Report : the area of wheat harvested statewide in 2024 is forecast at 680,000 acres, down 13% from the previous year – […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (06/13/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois business groups are opposed to at least two measures that they say are prohibitive to job creation and business owners. The Illinois Chamber of Commerce 2024 End of […]
THURSDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (06/13/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With more heat and a little higher humidity levels expected today, an approaching weak cold front will move through our downstate area late tonight into early tomorrow morning, bringing […]
OLNEY VFW QUEEN OF HEARTS (06/16/2024)
(OLNEY) There’s a winner every weekend at the Olney VFW with its next Queen of Hearts drawing, all open to the public, at 4:00 this Sunday afternoon. Following a $20 […]
RICHLAND COUNTY HEA “PRESSURE CANNING LID TESTING” THIS WEEK
(OLNEY) The Richland County Homemakers Education Association is again sponsoring a “pressure canning lid testing” coming up next week at the University of Illinois Extension Office at 306 South Fair […]
JASPER COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE TAKING SEALED BIDS IN AUCTION
(NEWTON) Sealed bids are still being accepted at the Jasper County Treasurer’s Office in Newton for the county’s Surplus Real Estate & Mobile Homes sealed bid auction. Although the deadline […]