Category Archives: Local News

ISA and Sheriff Rutan Now Accepting Scholarship Applications
(Undated) -- The Illinois Sheriffs' Association and Crawford County Sheriff, Bill Rutan, have announced upcoming scholarship opportunities. The ISA will be awarding over $58,000 in college scholarship...
Tony Collins Jan 20, 2026

Oil Prices and Geopolitics Drive Gas Prices Higher
(Undated) -- Oil prices and geopolitics have pushed gas prices higher. According to GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis, Patrick De Haan, gas prices have increased for the first time in seven weeks, b...
Tony Collins Jan 20, 2026

NWS to Host a "Weather Anxiety" Webinar
(Undated) -- If you get stressed or scared when severe weather is in the forecast, the National Weather Service wants to help. The National Weather Service Central Illinois office in Lincoln will be h...
Tony Collins Jan 20, 2026

Windy and Bitterly Cold Weather Remains in the Forecast
(Undated) -- Windy and bitterly cold conditions remain in the forecast. According to the National Weather Service, wind chill values will drop to as low as 10 to 20 degrees below zero today. They say ...
Tony Collins Jan 19, 2026

Investigation Continues into Friday Fatal Accident
(Undated) -- The investigation continues into a fatal Friday accident. According to the Crawford County Sheriff's Department, at around 8:35 a.m. Friday morning, deputies responded to the scene of sin...
Tony Collins Jan 19, 2026

Drive Safe During Winter Travel
(Robinson) -- The Crawford County Sheriff's Department responded to six weather-related accidents Friday, including one that resulted in a fatality. Authorities remind the public that when traveling o...
Tony Collins Jan 19, 2026

Unit 2 Board Meets Tuesday
(Robinson) -- The Robinson Unit 2 Board meets on Tuesday. On the agenda under "New Business," the board will consider and approve policies included in "PRESS Update Issue 120," as well as hear the fir...
Tony Collins Jan 19, 2026

Unit 1 Board Meets Tonight
(Hutsonville) -- The Hutsonville Unit 1 Board has a light agenda for its meeting tonight. In "New Business," they are set to consider and take action on "OPTERRA Facilities Assessment" and the bus dri...
Tony Collins Jan 19, 2026

Gas Prices Fell 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 current national average is $2.77 per gallon, a sev...
Tony Collins Jan 19, 2026

Cold and Snowy Weather Continues
(Undated) -- The current blast of winter weather looks to stick around through the weekend. According to this morning's "Hazardous Weather Outlook" from the National Weather Service, scattered snow sh...
Tony Collins Jan 16, 2026