Busy Meeting for McLeansboro Council

Wednesday, December 20 by WROY-WRUL News

The McLeansboro City Council met for a couple of hours Tuesday night – their final meeting of the year.The first order of business was a one hour and 35 minute executive session to discuss employment of specific individuals. After the session, the board only...

Online Predators Sentenced

Wednesday, December 20 by WROY-WRUL News

A district judge sentenced two men to each spend ten years in federal prison after both were charged in a law enforcement sting to detect online child predators.Timmy Wayne Smith, 59 of McLeansboro and Joseph Randall Edmaiston, 37 of Clinton, Kentucky, each pleaded guilty...

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...

ROMP Festival Line-Up

Tuesday, December 19 by WROY-WRUL News

Organizers of the annual ROMP Festival in Owensboro have announced the festival's lineup for 2024.The headliner of 2024's show will be Dierks Bentley, a Grammy-nominated country music artist.Officials with the festival say a diverse array of artists will join Dierks Bentley in 2024.Other acts...

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...