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Chair of Honor to be Dedicated

Chair of Honor   The Shawneetown American Legion will host a special presentation at 1 Saturday afternoon. Rolling Thunder will be donating and installing a POW/MIA chair to honor those former and current prisoners of war and thos who are still missing in action as well as... Read More.

Shawneetown Woman Arrested on FTA Warrant

Shawneetown Woman Arrested on Warrant   A Shawneetown woman, 42 year old Crystal Napier, turned herself in at the Carmi Police Department Monday afternoon on an outstanding warrant. Napier was wanted for failure to appear on an original charge of theft, under $300. Napier posted $500 bond, a... Read More.

Brief and Productive Meeting for County Board

Brief and Productive Meeting for County Board   It took less than 15 minutes for the White County Board to cover the May agenda Tuesday night and that included approval of state mandated fee increases in the circuit clerk’s office.   Circuit Clerk Kelly Fulkerson explained to the... Read More.
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Softball on the Air

Softball on the Air There will be softball on the radio this afternoon as the Carmi White County Lady Bulldogs play their second game in regional action. The Lady Dogs defeated Fairfield Monday 8 to 2 and earned the right to continue regional play. Today, they... Read More.

Carmi Power Outage Planned

Carmi Power Outage Planned   Carmi residents are advised there will be a scheduled power outage beginning around 8 this morning. The outage will include the 1300 block of Oak Street, the west block of Gilpin Street and all of Woodlawn Avenue, plus the east side of... Read More.

New Aldermen Sworn in at McLeansboro; Firefighters Honored; Cancelled Executive Session Leaves No Update on Joiner Investigation; Dispatch Agreement Talks Coming Down to the Wire

New Aldermen Dale Biggerstaff and Billy Glenn officially assumed their roles on the McLeansboro City Council Tuesday evening replacing Mike Stanart and Mark Beck on the board. A 15 item agenda took about an hour and twenty minutes to get through Tuesday.  Discussion of the... Read More.
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SIC Bowling Signs Harrisburg’s Sparks

SIC Bowling Falcons Sign Harrisburg’s Chaela Sparks   HARRISBURG, Ill. (May 13, 2019) – Chaela Sparks of Harrisburg signs her intent to bowl with Southeastern Illinois College’s Bowling Falcons.   Sparks has played for Cottom through high school, and is looking forward to continuing under his coaching in the... Read More.

FMH CEO Recognized

FMH CEO Katherine Bunting-Williams,  Recognized Katherine Bunting-Williams, Ph.D., Fairfield Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer, was recently recognized by Becker’s as one of the 60 Rural Hospital CEO’s to Know in 2019 for the 8th year in a row. CEO’s featured on this list have overcome... Read More.

Illinois Crop Progress; Not Good

Illinois Crop Progress and Condition There were 0.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 12, 2019. Statewide, the average temperature was 56.0 degrees, 4.9 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 1.08 inches, 0.05 inches above normal. Topsoil moisture supply was rated at 23 percent... Read More.
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New Administration for Grayville

GRAYVILLE CITY COUNCIL 5/13/19 SM At the approximately half hour Grayville City Council meeting last night, the new Mayor and city commissioners were sworn in. New Mayor Travis Thompson was sworn in first, followed by new city commissioners Donovan Baldwin, Tyler Howell and Chris James. As he... Read More.