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School Board Rehires Staff and Announces Tenure

School Board Closed Session Actions   The Carmi White County Unit 5 School Board took a number of actions during the closed session that followed Monday’s regular school board meeting. That included placing Melissa Dartt. Brittany Griffin, Jean McGarvey, Jara Mitchell, Tina Mosier and Ariana Watts on... Read More.

Shimkus Announces Academy Nominees

  Shimkus Announces Academy Nominees Congressman John Shimkus recently announced local nominees for the military academies, including West Point and Annapolis. From left to right, the nominees with me above are: Anna Freeland of Mount Carmel, Gianna Vacca of Iuka, Marvin Abernathy of Ashmore, Will Schleper of Breese,... Read More.

Historical Society Announces Heritage House Award

Historical Society Announces Heritage House Award   While the highlight was undoubtedly the presentation of a new Heritage House Award bestowed upon John and Angie Healy for their renovation of the Funkhouser-Pomeroy home at 214 West Main, Society President David Brown certainly got things off to... Read More.
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GWRPC Announces Grants

GWRPC Grants to Local Communities   The Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission recently secured grant funding for three communities in the region through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; Community Development Block Grant Program. Carmi will receive just over $90,000 to provide sewer access to... Read More.

RMA Announces Funding

RMA Announces Funding WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced funding for partner organizations in educating farmers, ranchers, and producers with real-time crop insurance information and risk management tools. Earlier this year RMA announced $8.89 million for risk management... Read More.

Chamber Announces Teacher Grants

Chamber Announces Teacher Grants The Carmi Chamber of Commerce announced the recipients of the Fall 2018 teacher grants in the Carmi White County School District Thursday afternoon. The winners of the $300 grants were selected by the Chamber’s Education Committee and approved during the September Chamber... Read More.
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Secretary of State Announces Grants to Local Libraries

Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White announced the release of over $500,000 in 2019 Project Next Generation grants to 31 public libraries statewide. Project Next Generation is a mentoring program administered through public libraries. Project mentors work with middle and high school students... Read More.
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Serve Illinois Announces $35.7 Million For AmeriCorps

The Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service (Serve Illinois) today announced $20 million in Corporation for National and Community Service federal grants to place 1,830 AmeriCorps Members in 46 programs to serve Illinois communities.  This is an increase of $2.5 million over... Read More.