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Local Sports Recap – April 12, 2024

Friday, April 12 by Cole Carter

WROY/WRUL Local Sports Recap Brought to you by: Deep South in McLeansboro Wabash Senior Living & Rehabilitation in Carmi Silver Foxes Senior Living & Rehabilitation in McLeansboroThe Carmi-White County baseball and softball teams were scheduled to host Flora yesterday afternoon, but those games were canceled due...

Blankenberger Using Her Passion for Speech Therapy to Help Combat Parkinson’s

Thursday, April 11 by Jc Tinsley

It’s National Parkinson’s Awareness Month and with that in mind, Jenny Mae Blankenberger, though you may remember her as Bingman, says her passion, speech therapy is an important treatment for patients. Scientists believe a lack of dopamine causes Parkinson’s. That deficit is directly related,...

WRUL interview with Blake Billman of Tailgate Revival

Thursday, April 11 by Jc Tinsley

The new single "Honky Tonk Heaven" is out at midnight 4/12/24. WRUL's Jc Tinsley catches up with Blake Billman before the song's release. Listen in, follow Tailgate Revival on facebook, instagram, and Tik Tok, and learn more at www.tailgaterevival.com....

Five Receive Sentences in White County Court

Thursday, April 11 by Jc Tinsley

Five individuals have been sentenced to prison in White County court recently according to States Attorney Chris Neal.49-year-old Everett Martin will spend the next 3 years behind bars following his sentencing in late March. The charges stem from a December 31, 2022 arrest in...

Local Sports Recap – April 11, 2024

Thursday, April 11 by Cole Carter

WROY/WRUL Local Sports Recap Brought to you by: Deep South in McLeansboro Wabash Senior Living & Rehabilitation in Carmi Silver Foxes Senior Living & Rehabilitation in McLeansboroThe Carmi-White County Bulldog baseball team was scheduled to host Johnston City at Eckerle Park yesterday afternoon, but that game...

A Possible New Animal Ordinance for Enfield

Wednesday, April 10 by Nicole Behnke

The Enfield Village Board met Tuesday night for their regular monthly meeting. Scott Mareing was there and has this report… The meeting went to the dogs as one of the major items of business concerned a resident who had ten dogs. Three of them were...

Wabash Area Development Offering $8,050 in Scholarships

Wednesday, April 10 by Jc Tinsley

Wabash Area Development, Inc. (WADI), in coordination with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, through the Community Services Block Grant Program, announces the availability of one scholarship per county in the amount of $1150.00 to be made available to income eligible students...

SIC Diesel Tech Student Wins $5,000 Scholarship from IEDA

Wednesday, April 10 by Nicole Behnke

David Gordon, Executive Director of the Independent Equipment Dealers Association (IEDA), visited the Southeastern Illinois College (SIC) Diesel Technology shop April 4 to award Caleb Tripp, a student at SIC, with a $5,000 scholarship. The scholarship aims to support students pursuing careers in...

Carmi – White County Child Find/Preschool Screenings

Wednesday, April 10 by Jc Tinsley

Carmi Police Make Arrests Tuesday Night

Wednesday, April 10 by Jc Tinsley

One Carmi resident is free on Pre Trial Release while another remains behind bars awaiting to appear before a judge. Carmi Police received 35 year old Michael Sullivan of 2nd Street in the 7 o’clock hour Tuesday night when he turned himself in on...