FEBRUARY 20, 2025 IS NATIONAL GIVE FFA DAY
(BLOOMINGTON) Today is National Give FFA Day during this National FFA Week. The National FFA Organization aims to raise $1.5 million in a 24 hour period to be shared with […]
ILLNIOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/20/2025)
(SPRINGFIELD) In his State Budget Address yesterday in Springfield, Governor J.B. Pritzker has proposed an increase in spending by about $2 billion without any new income or service taxes in […]
THURSDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (02/20/2025)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) With a dusting of snow last night in our downstate area, our sky is back to total sunshine today as an aggressive warming trend starts to take shape for […]
NEW JUDGES NAMED IN 2ND AND 4TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITS
(MT. VERNON) Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment Wesley A. Gozia of Clinton County as an At-Large Circuit Judge in the 4th Judicial […]
JASPER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETNG RECAP – FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Jasper County School Board Meeting Highlights – February 2025 The Jasper County School Board convened in Newton for its regular February meeting, where the following actions and discussions took place: […]
RESEARCH LAB CLOSURE COULD HARM SOYBEAN STUDIES
(CHAMPAIGN) The impending closure of a University of Illinois soybean research lab due to federal funding cuts could impede the study of a fungal disease that experts say would decimate […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (02/19/2025)
(WASHINGTON) Many are calling for the adoption of legislation that would allow for more time to go after those that illegally collected unemployment insurance funds during and after the COVID-19 […]
WEDNESDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (02/19/2025)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) As the main storm system has moved off to our east, we’ll have a mostly cloudy day on this Wednesday with a chance of some wrap around light snow […]
IN LOCAL/AREA MEETINGS TONIGHT
Area Meetings Happening Tonight All meetings are open to the public, except for any executive sessions.
HAWK IN EFFINGHAM COUNTY TESTED POSITIVE FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA
(EFFINGHAM) Effingham County authorities are alerting the public that a wild bird there tested positive for the Avian Flu last week. The Effingham County Health Department had a hawk tested […]