REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With some widespread dense fog lifting by mid-morning, the warm front that brought us at or around two inches of rain since Tuesday, continues to move northeastward out of Illinois. […]
NORMA LOUISE WELLS
(GREENUP, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for Norma Louise Wells, age 88, of Greenup, Illinois, will be held Monday morning, March 9, 2026, at 11:00, at the Meyer Funeral Home – […]
AREA ACTIVITIES THE REST OF THIS WEEK

(OLNEY) The next Queen of Hearts drawing at the Olney VFW Post is this coming Sunday afternoon at 4:00, with tickets on sale all this week and always open to […]
TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTS (3/3/26)
(OLNEY) in Men’s Junior College Basketball last night – the OCC Blue Knights fell short and lost their regular season finale at home after twelve ties and fourteen lead changes, […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(CHICAGO) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker met with Cook County officials yesterday to announce a combined $2.6 billion in erased medical debt, and of that total, well over half, $1.5 billion, […]
ROAD TO BE CLOSED FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT

(OLNEY) The Richland County Highway Department has announced a road closure starting tomorrow and continuing for the next several weeks in Denver Township, north of Noble. The closure is due […]