Category Archives: Local News

The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Eastern Community College District No. 529 met Tuesday night, September 19th at Olney Central College, Olney, Illinois. The Board approved the 2024 Fiscal Year Bu...

The McLeansboro City Council met for about an hour Tuesday night for their regular monthly meeting. In public comments, Letitia Wiggins of the Women's Leadership Council of Hamilton County addressed t...

Edwards County Treasurer, Jennifer Thomason is reminding property owners in Edwards County Property Taxes are due next Monday. If the payment is mailed, the postmark must be by September 25th in order...

The Edwards County FFA has announced their student of the month for September. The student is Drew Wolfe. He was nominated because he is always a helpful student. For his reward for being student of t...

The water bills in the Village of West Salem have been delayed. This reason according to village officials is due to material delivery issues. Officials say that the bills have now been mailed. To acc...

A Clay County man is behind bars after being arrested on a failure to appear warrant. 30-year-old David B Funte was wanted on the failure to appear warrant following a situation with false testimony. ...

The Edwards County School Board met in regular session Monday. Mark Curtis was on hand for that meeting and filed this report.

Illinois is offering free car seat checks for parents and caregivers this week. The Illinois Department of Transportation is encouraging parents and caregivers to have their child safety seats checked...

Illinoisans who own firearms that can't be sold in the state will be allowed to keep them. The Illinois State Police filed an emergency rule with the Secretary of State to implement the Protect Illino...

The IECC Board of Trustees is set to meet this evening. That meeting will take place in the banquet room at Olney Central College beginning at 6:15 PM. Dinner will be offered beginning around 5:30 PM ...