Local News

Students Visit Springfield on Co-Op Day

Thursday, April 4 by Jc Tinsley

Students Visit Springfield on Co-Op DayDozens of students from across the state visited the Capitol as part of the Illinois Electric and Telephone Cooperatives Youth Day.The annual event held on April 3 in Springfield focuses on encouraging tomorrow’s leaders to take an interest in...

White County CEO Trade Show Coming Up

Thursday, April 4 by Jc Tinsley

White County CEO Program to Hold Trade ShowThe White County CEO Program will hold their Trade Show on April 29, 2019 from 5-7pm at Rice Motor Company, located at 1306 W Main Street in Carmi.

McLeansboro Election Results

Thursday, April 4 by Jc Tinsley

.McLeansboro Election ResultsIn the McLeansboro Alderman race, in Ward 1 Mike Scattone and Billy D. Glenn tied at 82 votes while Joseph Ray Kaufman got 70 votes. Scattone or Glenn will replace Mark Beck who is retiring at the end of his term. McLeansboro City...

Toyota Jobs Available

Thursday, April 4 by Jc Tinsley

Toyota Jobs AvailableAerotek announces more than 500 job openings at the Princeton Toyota plant. The Spring Hiring Event will be held this Saturday, April 6th, at the Toyota Indiana Visitors Center. These job openings are due to the increased demand for the Highlander vehicle...

Landscape Waste Site Open This Weekend

Wednesday, April 3 by Jc Tinsley

Landscape Site Open The City of Carmi Landscape Waste Site, what we used to call the compost site will open for the season beginning Saturday, April 6.The site will be open from 8 in the morning until noon.Carmi Mayor Jeff Pollard announced at the Tuesday...

Gunsmithing Program Accepting Students

Wednesday, April 3 by Jc Tinsley

GUNSMITHING PROGRAM ACCEPTING STUDENTSMt. Carmel, IL – Wabash Valley College, in Mt. Carmel, IL, is pleased to announce that students may still enroll in an exciting program in Gunsmithing at WVC that will be starting in the Fall 2019 Semester.According to the National Shooting...

Census Hiring

Wednesday, April 3 by Jc Tinsley

Census HiringOne year from today, the U.S. will conduct its nationwide count of every man, woman and child in the 10-year census. And for the first time, you can respond online and in one of a dozen languages other than English.This census also will...

Lenghty Meeting for Carmi Council

Wednesday, April 3 by Jc Tinsley

Lengthy Meeting for Carmi Council In what was supposed to be a brief meeting for the Carmi City Council turned into an hour and a half long session as the council covered a number of issues, taking considerable time on an issue discussed at the...

Grayville Has New Mayor

Wednesday, April 3 by Jc Tinsley

Grayville Has a New Mayor White County Voters turned out in what could be record low numbers Tuesday to vote in the Consolidated Elections.Due to the fact there were very few races in the county, many voters felt like there was no point in going...

Carmi Bullfrogs Registration

Tuesday, April 2 by Jc Tinsley

Carmi Bullfrogs Did you ever wake up with them bullfrogs on your mind…..while that’s a line from an old blues song, it serves as a reminder swim team registrations are coming up for the Carmi Bullfrogs, the local swimming team.Registration and a parent meeting is...