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New restaurants coming to Norris City, Village Board gets updates

Tuesday, June 5 by Jc Tinsley

The Norris City Village Board met Monday night for their June meeting.On the recommendation of Danny Woosley, who had been looking into the Village's healthcare provider, the Board agreed to switch their health insurance from Blue Cross/Blue Shield to National General Insurance. The cost...

With no new taxes, Gov. Rauner signs FY19 budget into law

Monday, June 4 by Jc Tinsley

Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed into law a $38.5 billion bipartisan compromise budget that holds the line on taxes, increases funding for education, curbs spending, and creates a new adoption tax credit that will make it less costly for Illinois parents to adopt...

CMA coming to the Hope Center

Monday, June 4 by Jc Tinsley

The next Hope Center "Feed the Family" will be June 16th starting at around 9am. We will be passing out food, clothes, misc. items and diapers. The Hope Center is located at 23 West Cherry in Albion. Please...

Kiwanis Club hears plans for Relay for Life

Monday, June 4 by Jc Tinsley

The Carmi Kiwanis Club held its regularly scheduled noon meeting on May 31, 2018 at the White County Farm Bureau Building. Club President Holly Healy opened the meeting with the Kiwanis Creed, Song, Pledge and Prayer. The 50/50 drawing was won by Scott Johnson....

Carmi man arrested for DUI-Drugs Friday afternoon

Monday, June 4 by Jc Tinsley

Carmi Dispatch received a call of a reckless driver Friday afternoon north bound on Route 1 at Brownsville. Officers were able to stop the vehicle and arrested 30 year old Cody Allen of Carmi for...

White County Sheriff’s Department investigating another oil lease theft attempt

Monday, June 4 by Jc Tinsley

The White County Sheriff’s Department took a report of an attempted theft and damage to property at an oil lease in Maunie owned by R Energy on Saturday. According to the report, someone climbed the stairs of the well and removed the bolts from...

MCPD arrest report for May 28th

Friday, June 1 by Jc Tinsley

The following subjects were arrested by the Mt. Carmel Police Department. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.On 05/28/2018, Mt. Carmel Police received a complaint of a reckless driver on Rt 1 at Sugar Creek. The caller advised the...

Gov. Rauner statement on FY19 budget

Friday, June 1 by Jc Tinsley

Gov. Bruce Rauner offered the following comment on the passage of the Fiscal Year 2019 budget:“We started this year’s budget process with the common-sense goals of a full-year balanced budget and no new taxes. With this budget, we can come as...

Carmi Police make traffic stop arrest

Friday, June 1 by Jc Tinsley

Carmi Police arrested 53 year old Robert Shaffer of Carmi following a traffic stop for driving on a revoked license Thursday afternoon. Shaffer was pulled over in front of Unique Cleaners and was released from the scene after posting a $150 bond.

Grayville City Council holds special meeting

Friday, June 1 by Jc Tinsley

The Grayville City Council met Friday morning for a special meeting to discuss personnel issues in the Utilities and Police Departments as well as to approve financial transactions to meet obligations for the metering project.Following a 45 minute executive session, the Council unanimously approved...