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White County Board Continues to Wrestle Budget

White County Board Continues to Wrestle With Budget   The White County Board spent considerable time Tuesday discussing the 2019 budget that currently is about $127,000 in the red. A budget hearing prior to the regular meeting was well attended by county office holders and many of... Read More.

4-H Week Continues Through Saturday

4-H Week Kicks Off Sunday   For the 76th consecutive year, millions of youth, parents, volunteers and alumni across the country will celebrate National 4-H Week through Saturday, Oct. 13. Locally, the week will conclude with the crowning of the Corn Day King and Queen from... Read More.

Little Wabash Continues to Climb

Little Wabash Continues to Climb Following reports of rain, ranging from 4 to 8 ½ inches, over the weekend, area rivers quickly jumped out of their banks. The National Weather Service reported the Little Wabash River at Carmi was at 25.4 feet Tuesday night. It is... Read More.
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Demolition Continues

Demolition Continues   Work on taking down the old Tie-On Roofing Building on Cherry Street continues today. That means the parking lot at the corner of Cherry and Church streets, will be closed again today for the demolition work. Folks who normally park there are reminded there... Read More.

Unemployment Rate Continues Falling in All Metro Areas

Unemployment rates decreased over-the-year in May in all of Illinois’s metropolitan areas, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). Data also show nonfarm jobs increased in eleven of the... Read More.
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Gov. Rauner continues Built in Illinois tour

Gov. Bruce Rauner today continued his Built in Illinois tour with a visit to Nucor Steel, an award-winning national leader in steel production. Nucor’s leaders are deciding between Illinois or Ohio for an expansion of existing merchant bar operations. The governor was joined by House... Read More.
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Job Growth Continues to Lag Nation in Most Metro Areas

Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates   Metropolitan Area Aug. 2017 Aug. 2016 Over-the-Year Change Bloomington 4.2% 5.3% -1.1 Carbondale-Marion 5.0% 5.9% -0.9 Champaign-Urbana 4.6% 5.2% -0.6 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights 5.4% 5.9% -0.5 Danville 6.9% 7.4% -0.5 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 4.5% 5.3% -0.8 Decatur 5.9% 6.8% -0.9 Elgin 4.7% 5.3% -0.6 Kankakee 5.3% 6.3% -1.0 Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI 4.3% 4.9% -0.6 Peoria 5.3% 6.3% -1.0 Rockford 5.7% 6.6% -0.9 Springfield 4.2% 4.7% -0.5 St. Louis (IL-Section) 4.9% 5.9% -1.0 Illinois Statewide 5.2% 5.8% -0.6 * Data subject to revision.   CHICAGO–Unemployment rates decreased over-the-year in August in all of Illinois’s metropolitan areas and all but one county, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau... Read More.