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Last Year’s Flu Season; Not Good

Last Year’s Flu Season; Not Good The Centers for Disease Control this week released some sobering statistics about last year’s flu season, but the numbers may not account for the people who got sick in Illinois. The CDC said 80,000 people in the U.S. died from the... Read More.

Boil Order Lifted for Some

Boil Order Lifted for Some The extended boil water order issued on Friday  Sept. 28 to Illinois American Water customers has been extended to about 50 customers in the Tucker Hill area. Customers in the affected area should bring their water to a rolling boil for... Read More.

Active Shooter Drill Planned

Active Shooter Drill The White County Sheriff’s Department, Carmi Police Department and the Norris City Police Department will be conducting an active shooter training drill at the Norris City Annex School during the afternoon hours of this Friday, Oct. 5. The Norris City Annex School will... Read More.
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Prayer Walk Saturday

Prayer Walk The local Gideons and Carmi Ministerial Association have joined together to host a special Prayer Walk this Saturday morning. Greg Grant of the First Christian Church and president of the Ministerial Association and Art Saunders of the local Gideons were guest on Open Line... Read More.

Carmi Rotary

Carmi Rotary Club Reports a Full Schedule The Carmi Rotary club had a lot of business to wade through at Thursday’s meeting of the local club. First up, Tom Logan told the members about the upcoming “Prayer walk” which will take place this Saturday, starting... Read More.

Appellate Judge Appeals to Carmi Kiwanis

Appellate Judge Appeals to Carmi Kiwanis Fifth District Appellate Judge David Overstreet spoke to the Kiwanis club on Thursday, September 27. Judge Overstreet along with his wife and three children live in his hometown of Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Judge Overstreet has served as an Appellate... Read More.
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Carmi City Council Meets Tuesday

Carmi City Council Agenda The Carmi City Council will meet for the first of its two regular monthly meetings Tuesday afternoon at 5:30. There are several items on the agenda, most relating to community celebrations. A representative of the Carmi Lions Club will ask the council... Read More.

Mt. Vernon Fall Festival This Weekend

Mt. Vernon Fall Festival this Weekend While the White County Fall Festivals take a break this weekend, there is a fall festival in Mt. Vernon, Ill beginning Friday and running through Sunday. The Seventh Annual Fall Festival, presented by Continental Tire returns to Ninth Street in... Read More.

Semi Driver Faces Multiple Drug Charges

Semi Driver Faces Multiple Drug Charges Illinois State Police, District 19, headquartered in Carmi, stopped a speeding semi-truck trailer on Interstate 64 Thursday for speeding, which quickly turned into a drug bust. Tony Maurice Boose, 31 of North Carolina remains in the City County Jail in... Read More.
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We Are the Champions

We are the Champions Break out the Queen CD, as “we are the Champions,”  surely the tune that had to run through some of the Carmi White County Golf team and coaches minds as the Boys golf team won the Black Diamond Conference with a... Read More.