NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(EAST DUNDEE) All four Republican gubernatorial candidates are scheduled to take part in a forum in East Dundee, Illinois later this evening. Darren Bailey, Rick Heidner, Ted Dabrowski, and James […]
MISS ILLINOIS COUNTY FAIR QUEEN PAGEANT
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois has a new Miss Illinois County Fair Queen, as crowned last night in Springfield at the annual pageant. It’s Miss Effingham County Fair Queen Krista Phillips, who was […]
JOHN E. RESOR
(OLNEY, ILLINOIS) The funeral service for John E. Resor, age 86, of Olney, Illinois, will be held Saturday morning, January 17, 2026, at 10:00, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church […]
USDA CORN ESTIMATES ARE OUT
(SPRINGFIELD) The USDA estimates American corn farmers produced more than 17 billion bushels of corn in 2025. In fact, the record estimate was boosted by a significant increase in harvested […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As a surface low pressure system moves into Iowa today, we’ll stay dry with some sunshine on tap for our downstate area on this Tuesday. And after another dry […]
WEAA BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
(GRAYVILLE) in Boys Junior High Basketball this week – it’s the WEAA Boys Basketball Tournament starting tonight, the four first round games are at the higher seeded team site (9) […]
SUNDAY RESULTS (1/4/26)
(MATTOON) in Boys Junior High Wrestling from Sunday – Olney finished first as a team at the Mattoon Tournament the Cubs had eight individual champions BANTAM DIVISION : Camden Scherer […]
OLNEY FRESH/SOPH TOURNAMENT (1/3/26)
(OLNEY) in Boys Fresh/Soph Basketball from Saturday – there were eight teams competing at the Olney Tournament here’s the first round results Olney beat Mt. Carmel, 42-32 Robinson beat Flora, […]
WEEKEND RESULTS (1/2-3/26)
(OLNEY) in Boys High School Basketball from Friday night – Olney dropped to games on the road at Flora Olney lost the varsity game to the host Wolves in overtime, […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) An Illinois Policy Institute analysis has found that state lawmakers’ decision to reduce local governments’ share of net income tax collections from 10% to less than 7% has cost […]