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Carmi Trash Pickup Delays

Tuesday, December 19 by WROY-WRUL News

Carmi residential trash customers are reminded there are two holidays coming up that will affect trash pickup in the city. Those are Monday, Christmas Day, Dec. 25 and New Year’s Day, Monday, jan. 1, 2024.Because the holidays fall on a Monday, trash pickup will...

A White Christmas; Probably Not

Tuesday, December 19 by WROY-WRUL News

Christmas Day 2023 will likely be wet, but too warm for snow.That’s the word from the National Weather Service at Paducah, Ky, who forecast a rainy and warmer than normal day Monday, Christmas Day. At this time, there is a 60 percent chance of...

Last Meeting of the Year for McLeansboro Council

Tuesday, December 19 by WROY-WRUL News

Tonight’s meeting of the McLeansboro City Council, the last one of 2023, will be a busy one by the looks of the released agenda.Financial reports, zoning reports and department reports will be covered under the consent agenda portion of the meeting. That part of...

Last Meeting of 2023 for CWC School Board

Tuesday, December 19 by WROY-WRUL News

The final Carmi-White County School Board meeting of the year took place Monday night for a little over half an hour.Justin Dartt of Dartt & Company LLC addressed the board on the Fiscal Year 2023 school district audit. He said the audit went well...

Local Sports Recap – December 19, 2023

Tuesday, December 19 by Cole Carter

WROY/WRUL Local Sports Recap Brought to you by: The Region’s Premiere Eatery, Deep South, on Marshall in McLeansboro Jessica Cook and the ProRehab Team. Keeping you at your best on and off the court. The Carmi-White County girls basketball team fell to Mt. Carmel last...

Crash Outside Crossville Closes Highway 1 for Five Hours Monday

Monday, December 18 by Jc Tinsley

A bad wreck had traffic rerouting outside Crossville for five hours Monday. According to Illinois State Police, the crash happened just before 9:30am on Highway 1 a mile south of Crossville. The head on crash involved a truck/tractor semi-trailer and a Jeep. The driver...

Tax Sale Date Set

Monday, December 18 by WROY-WRUL News

White County Treasurer Micheal Baxley is alerting residents the annual tax sale is coming up. The Treasurer’s office will hold it’s annual tax sale on Friday, February 2nd at the new Treasurer’s office in the former Carmi Times building. Baxley is reminding residents the office...

Southern Illinois Earthquake

Monday, December 18 by WROY-WRUL News

Just after 10pm Sunday, December 17, 2023, a 3.2 magnitude earthquake shook parts of southern Illinois.According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake was roughly 3 miles WNW of Waltonville, Illinois and was just shy of 5 miles in depth. That's about 12 miles...

Last Meeting of 2023 for C-WC School Board

Monday, December 18 by WROY-WRUL News

The Carmi-White County School Board will hold their last meeting of the year on Monday at 7 PM at the Jefferson Attendance Center Annex Building.There will be the presentation of the annual audit by Dartt & Company, the Levy adoption for the taxyear of...

Carmi Council Meets Tuesday

Monday, December 18 by WROY-WRUL News

The next two weeks will be a matter of wrapping up 2023 and preparing for the new year.With that in mind, the Carmi City Council will meet for its last meeting of 2023 Tuesday evening for what appears to be a busy agenda.A number...