RICHLAND COUNTY PROPOSAL CONSIDERED
(BLOOMINGTON) Six new agricultural and vocational education policies were approved by delegates at the Illinois Farm Bureau’s annual meeting held last weekend, including language supporting select four-year degrees at community […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(CHICAGO) A vigil is planned this afternoon outside the State of Illinois Building in Chicago, asking Governor J.B. Pritzker to veto a physician-assisted suicide bill. The Catholic Bishops of Illinois […]
OPEN HOUSE AND DEDICATION CEREMONY AT OCC
(OLNEY) Olney Central College and the Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB), along with local and state officials will celebrate the completion of the new Health Professions Center at OCC with […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) The American Tort Reform Foundation is releasing a new report today that shows the nation’s eight worst Judicial Jurisdictions. The list is headed up by Los Angeles at number […]
REGULAR BI-MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
(OLNEY) The Olney City Council met last night in regular session. The Council : approved the payment of all bills as presented : approved the 2025 Tax Levy as presented […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a strong southerly wind flow today, we’ll have our warmest day of the week on this Tuesday with a chance of rain developing late tonight, likely after midnight, […]
NEXT INFORMATIVE MEETING AT OCC THIS WEEK
(OLNEY) The next one hour meeting for students interested in applying for Fall 2026 admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program is this Wednesday (12/10/25) afternoon a 3:00 in Wattleworth […]
FANTASTIC RESPONSE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED
(OLNEY) With the signup deadline early last week, officials with the Adopt-A-Family program in Richland County spent last week with their final interviews with this year’s final number of families […]
UPCOMING CHANCES TO GIVE BLOOD
(OLNEY/NEWTON) The American Red Cross is asking area blood donors to get out and give blood at their next earliest opportunity to help replenish low area blood supplies on hand […]
ILLINOIS FAMILY FARMS
(CHAMPAIGN) The USDA has released data showing that 93.2% of all Illinois farms are family owned, ranking Illinois 39th in the U.S. for family-owned farm share. Researchers from the Farm […]