Category Archives: Local News

The Robinson Lions Club is Accepting Scholarship Applications
(Robinson) -- The Robinson Lions Club is now taking scholarship applications. According to the Lions Club, they are now accepting applications from Robinson Alumni or potential Class of 2025 graduates...
Tony Collins Mar 03, 2025

Gas Prices Slip Lower Over the Weekend
(Undated) -- The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded fell over the weekend. According to this morning's numbers from GasBuddy.com, the national average is $3.05 a gallon, down six cents ...
Tony Collins Mar 03, 2025

Illinois Tollway Issues "Toll Scam" Warning
(Undated) -- If you have received a text claiming to be from the "Tollway Authority," it's a scam. The Illinois Tollway is warning drivers about the texting scam. Officials say the scammers will send ...
Tony Collins Mar 03, 2025

We "Spring Forward" This Sunday
(Undated) -- If you need more sunlight, you don't have to wait much longer. "Daylight Saving Time" begins Sunday, when we "spring forward." The 50-year-old practice that causes many to lose an hour of...
Tony Collins Mar 03, 2025

Warm and Windy Weather Forecast to Wrap Up the Week
(Undated) -- Warm and windy weather is in the forecast for today. The National Weather Service has issued a "Wind Advisory." They say winds gusting as high as 50 mph are expected and will blow around ...
Tony Collins Feb 28, 2025

FRSB Issues "Fraud Reminder" Following Text Scam Appearance
(Undated) -- First Robinson Savings Bank has issued a "Fraud Reminder." According to FRSB, a recent text scam impersonating First Robinson Savings Bank has been making the rounds. FRSB reminds its cus...
Tony Collins Feb 28, 2025

RPD Set to Take Part in Special Olympic Torch Run
(Robinson) -- The Robinson Police Department has announced that they will again participate in the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Robinson Police Chief, Chad Weaver, says the...
Tony Collins Feb 28, 2025

Crawford County Sheriff's Department Scholarship Deadline is March 14th
(Undated) - Crawford County Sheriff, Bill Rutan, is reminding local students of a scholarship opportunity. He says his office is teaming up with the Illinois Sheriffs' Association and will be awarding...
Tony Collins Feb 28, 2025

Gas Prices Slip Lower Over the Last Week
(Undated) -- The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is lower than a week ago, hovering around $3.11 a gallon, down six cents from last Friday. Here in Illinois, the statewide average is...
Tony Collins Feb 28, 2025

Red Cross Reminds the Public to Donate
(Undated) - Your next chance to "Give the Gift of Life" in Crawford County is a couple of weeks away. Now would be the perfect time to visit redcrossblood.org and sign up for "RapidPass." According to...
Tony Collins Feb 28, 2025 March 11, 2019. Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee. Photographs from blood bank at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, blood donations at Red Cross on Monday, March 11, 2019 in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by Sanford Myers/American Red Cross