Carmi police take theft report; make warrant arrest
FMH adds four new providers
FMH CEO, Katherine Bunting-Williams, Ph.D., stated today, “Fairfield Memorial Hospital is growing rapidly in not only new services, but also among our provider base. We have some new and familiar faces that have joined our organization to help us care for patients in the... Read More.
Residents enjoy cleaner drinking water due to Kinkaid Lake restoration effort
About 30,000 people depend on Kinkaid Lake for drinking water. Yet, soil erosion within the watershed and along the lakeis dumping thousands of tons of sediment — enough to fill more than 2,200 dump trucks — into the lake... Read More.
RLC Foundation Scholarship Dinner draws 300 for annual celebration
Scholarship recipients and donors shared an evening together last week at the annual Rend Lake College Foundation Scholarship Dinner to applaud the gift of giving. The event was held last Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Rend Lake Resort in Whittington.Kay Zibby-Damron, RLC Foundation CEO,... Read More.
New Youth Minister Aims to Bring Hope to Students
Photo/story courtesy of Barry Cleveland.“We can create change in children’s lives,” Drew Flanagan told a Carmi audience Thursday, and in so doing change the world—a little bit at a time.
The new youth minister at First Christian Church was the guest speaker at Thursday’s weekly... Read More.
RLC Scholarship helped Logan Tharp draw up a master plan
It’s not every day that you get to win an art contest and go to college for free, but that’s the exact situation Logan Tharp found himself in when he was selected as the scholarship recipient of the 2014 Rend Lake College Student Art... Read More.
RIDES to the polls Nov. 8
Rides Mass Transit District will be providing complimentary transportation to the polls for the General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 8 to all residents of the Rides 18-county service area. Residents will be able to ride to the polls on regular existing routes throughout the county on... Read More.
Raptors and races at Cahokia Mounds Historic site hosts birds of prey demonstration Nov. 5 and 5-K run/walk on Nov. 6
Raptors will take to the air and runners will hit the trail the weekend of Nov. 5-6 at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.The World Bird Sanctuary brings live birds of prey to Cahokia Mounds at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5.... Read More.
Miss Illinois Teen USA – Olivia Bohleber
Olivia Bohleber, age 16, competed in and won the title of Miss Illinois Teen USA 2017, hosted in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. This pageant was a four day event held over Labor Day weekend, September... Read More.
Rotary visited by royalty Thursday
At Thursday’s meeting of the Carmi Rotary club, the Rotarians were visited by local “royalty”. Miss Teen Illinois, Olivia Bohleber was the guest speaker, as she told the club about her recent win in the state contest.She told the group that she had only... Read More.
