2024 WHITE SQUIRREL BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
(OLNEY) The 2024 White Squirrel Bluegrass Festival is slated for this coming Saturday at the Band Shell in the Olney City Park. With the gates opening at 10:00 in the […]
ST. JOSEPH – ISLAND GROVE CELEBRATING SESQUICENTENNIAL
(ISLAND GROVE) The St. Joseph Church in Island Grove will be celebrating its 150th Year Sesquicentennial this weekend in Jasper County with activities running from Friday night, through the day […]
USDA JULY 2024 PRICES RECIEVED INDEX
(SPRINGFIELD) In last Friday’s USDA July Prices Received Index : Agricultural Production decreased 2.7% from June to July and dropped 1.2 percent from July 2023 : Crop Production was down […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (09/03/2024)
(SPRINGFIELD) Governor J.B. Pritzker has issued a Disaster Proclamation for several northern Illinois counties after severe weather and flooding back in July. This comes after IEMA and the Office of […]
TUESDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION (09/03/2024)
(OLNEY/NEWTON) The pleasant early September weather will continue today, although we’ll have some downstate area clouds with our dry sky. Then with a warm up tomorrow into Thursday, our next […]
‘WHAT’S HAPPENING’ THIS WEEKEND
(OLNEY) The Olney VFW will have its next Queen of Hearts drawing, all open to the public, at 4:00 this Sunday afternoon. The jackpot is now up to $8,709 if […]
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS BRIEF (08/30/2024)
(CHESTER) Staff members at a downstate Illinois correctional facility were taken to a hospital yesterday after experiencing some medical symptoms. ICOC officials say twelve (12) workers at the Menard Correctional […]
FRIDAY WEATHER DISCUSSION
(OLNEY/NEWTON) Another active weather pattern will wrap up the month of August today thru tomorrow morning as a frontal boundary that brought us rain Wednesday morning & stalled out yesterday, […]
2024 OLNEY WHITE SQUIRREL COUNT
(OLNEY) The City of Olney will be hosting it’s 46th Annual “Squirrel Count” coming up on three Saturday mornings in October, with volunteers needed for either all or any of […]
OLNEY VFW MEMBERS SELECTED TO VFW STATE DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS
(OLNEY) Congratulations to some local Olney VFW members who are also representing Richland County on the state level as announced earlier this year : All congratulations to these local Olney […]