Category Archives: News
Scouts will be Distributing "Scouting for Food" Bags Saturday
(Oblong) - Oblong Mayor, Teresa Fielder, is reminding Village residents that the Oblong Cub Scouts Pack 324 will be dropping off bags this Saturday for their "Scouting for Food" Program. Fielder says ...
Nov 08, 2023
IECC Schools Rank Among the Top in the Nation and State
(Undated) -- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges recently received high marks from the education research website Intelligent.com. According to Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Director of Marketin...
Nov 08, 2023
FOP Now Accepting Shop With a Cop Applications
(Undated) -- The Crawford County FOP has announced that "Shop with a Cop" applications are now available. Applications can be picked up at the front office at the Robinson Police Department between 8 ...
Nov 08, 2023
BBB Warns Against "Pop-Up Shops"
(Undated) - The Better Business Bureau is issuing its first warning of the holiday shopping season. The BBB says imposters and scammers want to take advantage of shoppers dealing with high inflation a...
Nov 08, 2023
Gas Prices Drop for Seventh Straight Week
(Undated) - The drop in gas prices continues nationwide. According to GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis, Patrick De Haan, for the seventh straight week, we've seen the national average price of gaso...
Nov 07, 2023
Investigation Continues into Domestic Dispute
(Palestine) - Crawford County Deputies arrested a Robinson woman Friday following an investigation into a domestic dispute in Palestine. According to the Sheriff's Department, deputies along with Unit...
Nov 07, 2023
Palestine Man Arrested for Arson
(Palestine) - A Palestine man was arrested Friday following a report of a domestic dispute. According to the Crawford County Sheriff's Department, following an investigation deputies arrested thirty-e...
Nov 07, 2023
Oblong Woman Arrested on Meth Charges
(Oblong) - An Oblong woman was arrested over the weekend on meth charges. According to the Crawford County Sheriff's Department, fifty-six-year-old Barbara Miller was arrested for Unlawful Possession ...
Nov 07, 2023
Crawford County 100 Women Who Care to Meet for Final Time in 2023
(Undated) -Crawford County 100 Women Who Care will soon hold its final meeting of 2023. Representative, Barb Shimer, says nominations for this meeting are the LTCares Food Pantry, the First Step Sober...
Nov 07, 2023
National Average Falls Over the Weekend
(Undated) - The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded continues to fall. According to this morning's numbers from GasBuddy.com, the national average has fallen four cents from Friday to $3...
Nov 06, 2023