Category Archives: Local News

(Robinson) - The Robinson City Council meets this evening for its regular monthly meeting. On the agenda in "Old Business," the City Council will continue to review the Enterprise Zone Ordinance and I...

(Oblong) - Renovations and upgrades continue at the Oblong Park. Last year the Village of Oblong was awarded an almost six-hundred-thousand dollar grant from the IDNR. The Open Space Land Acquisition ...

(Undated) -- The IDNR continues to accept applications for the next round of Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grants. "OSLAD" is a matching program that provides an advance payment, for dev...

(Undated) - Gas prices have slipped lower as demand continues to decline. According to GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis, Patrick De Haan, it seems fitting that in the run-up to Labor Day, the natio...

(Undated) - Heat and humidity have returned to the forecast. The National Weather Service has issued a "Heat Advisory" for the listening area which will go into effect tomorrow at 11 a.m. and continue...

(Undated) - A handful of new names were added to the roster of the Crawford County Jail over the weekend. According to jail records on Friday, Jeremiah Allison was booked into the jail on a charge of ...

(Undated) - Gas prices continue to fall. According to this morning's numbers from GasBuddy.com, the national average is down a nickel from Friday, hovering around $3.31 a gallon. The statewide average...

(Undated) - The first full week of the new school year is in the books and the American Red Cross is issuing its annual bus safety reminder. If your student rides a bus to school, they should plan to ...

(Undated) - The kids are back in school and authorities statewide are reminding drivers the start of the school year means an increase in pedestrian and vehicle traffic around schools. They say as dri...

(Undated) - We could be in for a warm and dry fall across the listening area. DTN Ag Meteorologist, John Baranick, says while the long-term models are "untrustworthy," we appear to be in for a warm an...