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Pritzker Administration Announces Second Month Sales Totals for Adult Use Cannabis

State’s new adult-use cannabis industry generated nearly $35 million in sales in FebruaryCHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has announced preliminary numbers show statewide adult-use cannabis sales in February totaled $34,805,072.01. Dispensaries across the state sold 831,600 items over the 29-day...

CAST ANNOUNCED FOR RLC’S PRODUCTION OF “LITTLE WOMEN”

Thursday, March 5 by WROY/WRUL Staff

INA, Ill. (March 4, 2020) — Rend Lake College’s production of “Little Women” is just weeks away, and RLC has announced its cast list for the Spring musical.“Little Women” follows the four March sisters as they live and grow in post-Civil War America. The...

High School Students Show off their Business Skills in Annual Competition at SIC

Thursday, March 5 by WROY/WRUL Staff

--Gallatin County is overall winner for 2020--HARRISBURG, Ill. (March 4, 2020) — Feb. 27 was a day of stiff competition amongst approximately 80 local high school students with an eye for business. Students competed in six categories during the annual Business Skills...

March is Severe Weather Preparedness Month

Thursday, March 5 by WROY/WRUL Staff

SPRINGFIELD, IL – When most people think about dangerous spring weather, tornadoes, thunderstorms and flooding usually come to mind. In Illinois, roughly 20 percent of tornadoes occur at night. For a number of reasons, tornadoes that occur at night are twice as likely to...

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT WITH CJD E-CYCLING FOR CARMI AND WHITE COUNTY RESIDENTS

Thursday, March 5 by WROY/WRUL Staff

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT WITH CJD E-CYCLING FOR CARMI AND WHITE COUNTY RESIDENTSMarch 28, 2020 - 9:00 a.m. – NoonLOCATION: 520 North 3rd Street, Carmi, ILFor more information call Holly at the City of Carmi at 618-384-2001 or e-mail [email protected] We will take:· CRT, Projection,...

March Madness City Wide Clean-Up March 28

Thursday, March 5 by WROY/WRUL Staff

The City of Carmi, along with help from Carmi Township, will be having a March Madness clean-up on March 28, 2020. The City dumpsters, located at Street and Alley, will be open from 8am-4pm. Oil, batteries, tires, and appliances with freon will not be...

State Fire Marshal Reminds Illinoisans to “Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries”

Thursday, March 5 by WROY/WRUL Staff

Springfield, Ill- The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) reminds Illinoisans to test and replace the batteries in their smoke alarms as daylight saving time begins this weekend and they turn their clocks forward one hour.“The time change serves as a bi-annual reminder...

Macedonia Man Sentenced to Seven Years in IDOC in White County Court Wednesday

Thursday, March 5 by WROY/WRUL Staff

A 38 year old Macedonia man, Brandon S. Cook, was sentenced Wednesday morning in White County Circuit Court on two counts to be served consecutively, to the Illinois Department of Corrections.He will serve for a total of seven years for obstructing justice and three...

Crossville Man Arrested Tuesday Night on White County Failure To Appear Warrant

Wednesday, March 4 by WROY/WRUL Staff

A 19 year old Crossville man, Jacob R. Ferguson, was arrested by Carmi Police, late Tuesday night, following a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Guardian Center, in Carmi, on a White County Warrant for Failure to Appear. He bonded out to...

Carmi City Council Met Very Briefly Tuesday Evening

Wednesday, March 4 by WROY/WRUL Staff

A brief agenda resulted in a speedy Carmi City Council meeting Tuesday evening lasting all of 5 minutes complete with the pledge and prayer. The only real news that came out of the gathering was the council’s agreement on a payment request for White...