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FRESH Fighting Hunger

FRESH Fighting HungerFRESH, a new program to assist Wabash Valley College students with food insecurity, recently got a boost from the Wabash County Farm Bureau. Brent Strine, Wabash CFB President, presented a donation to members of the Wabash Valley College Student Senate in support...

Bond Brings Home Silver

BOND BRINGS HOME SILVER FROM VEGAS SHOOTHARRISBURG, Ill. (Feb. 20, 2019) -- Southeastern Illinois College’s Eli Bond of Galatia and Isaiah Conkle of Cave-In-Rock traveled to Las Vegas Feb. 8-10 to compete in the annual Vegas Shoot. Both students competed in the Bowhunter division. Bond...

Area Hunters Can Earn Safety Certification

Area hunters can earn safety certificationArea residents will have an opportunity to learn basic principles of safe hunting at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources hunter safety certification course. Participants must attend all 10 hours of instruction to complete the course and receive their...
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CWC Closed Session Results

CWC Closed Session Results A number of actions were taken during the closed session of the Carmi White County Unit 5 School Board meeting.Carrie Bolerjack was approved as a building volunteer at Jefferson Attendance Center for this school year.Trey Mason was employed as the Junior ...

Local Impact of Minimum Wage Hike

Minimum Wage Local ImpactIn a story from our media partner, Channel 44 News, a local business was in the spotlight concerning the minimum wage hike.Several state and cities have already tackled the issue of raising minimum wage and now Illinois is next in line.Illinois...
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Concealed Carry Renewal Class Offered

Concealed Carry Renewal Class March 2 and  16hr. Concealed Carry Class March 30/April 6 Concealed Carry Renewal Class - Saturday, March 2Illinois concealed carry licenses must be renewed every 5 years. The Carmi Rifle Club will be offering the 3-hr. renewal course on Saturday, March...

County Board Approves Contract

County Board Approves Employees Contract Following a series of long county board meetings, Tuesday night’s special White County Board meeting seemed to be conducted at light speed as the board covered three main items in less than 20 minutes. The board approved a resolution of participation...

Busy Meeting for Carmi White County School Board

CWC SCHOOL BOARD Building administrators provided an update on the district's student after-school program that began in April of last year for students in grades K through 8. Dr. Amy Dixon, principal of the Jefferson and Lincoln Attendance Centers, said there...
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Carmi Council Approves Budget

Carmi Council Approves Budget and a Solar Application The Carmi City Council approved the annual budget and appropriation ordinances Tuesday night along with approving a solar application for Carmi Manor.Keith Botsch, the city accountant explained the budget to the council pointing out that while the...