UPCOMING AREA ACTIVITIES
(OLNEY) Tickets will be available at the door next Tuesday night for the 7:00 concert with the Gentlemen’s Quartet at the Dr. John D. Stull Performing Arts Center at Olney […]
INCENTIVES TO BATTLE RECENT NWS OUTBREAK
(SPRINGFIELD) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins yesterday announced the launch of the New World Screwworm (NWS) Grand Challenge to help combat and prevent the pest from spreading farther north […]
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK
(OLNEY) The Illinois Eastern Community College District Board of Trustees met for its regular monthly meeting for January this past Tuesday night at Lincoln Trail College just northeast of Robinson. […]
REGULAR MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT
(NEWTON) The Newton City Council met this past Tuesday night. The Council : approved the bills as presented – $75,872 in accounts payable and $70,621 in prepaid bills : on […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a dry and colder day than yesterday on tap for this Thursday, we’ll be squeezed between a strong storm system to our south and a high pressure ridge […]
AREA AGRONOMY SUMMIT TOMORROW
(FAIRFIELD) Area farmers and others can still sign up to attend tomorrow’s Illinois Extension Agronomy Summit, to be held at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fairfield, from 9:00 to 2:30. […]
AG EQUIPMENT SALES ARE DOWN AGAIN
(SPRINGFIELD) According to recent data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), U.S. total sales of agricultural tractors dropped 14.8% in December while combine sales decreased 4.3% for the month […]
NEWS FROM AROUND ILLINOIS
(SPRINGFIELD) Lawmakers are back in Springfield gearing up for the spring legislative session at the State Capitol. The Illinois House’s first meeting of 2026 was yesterday afternoon. While some Democrats […]
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING LAST NIGHT
(NEWTON) The Jasper County School Board of Education had its regular monthly meeting for January last night in Newton. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as presented […]
REGIONAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
(OLNEY/NEWTON) It’s our final day of warmer-than-normal weather conditions for a while on this Wednesday as a warm front lifting from the southwest eventually moves out of Illinois by late […]