New Deputy Assessor Hired and Budget Approved at Township Meeting

Thursday, June 27 by Nicole Behnke

Amy Wilson's appointment as the Deputy Assessor for Carmi Township, a significant decision made at the monthly meeting, was announced. “We added a line item that added $3,000 for that position. We did check with Springfield on that and approved.” Wilson will only be working part-time,...

Open Line – St Jude Annual Golf Scramble

Thursday, June 27 by Jc Tinsley

The 8th St. Jude Annual Charity Golf Scramble comes to the Carmi Country Club on Saturday, July 13th. On this episode, Jc sits down with Mike Sweeney to talk Team Sween including his very personal story of why he's involved. It's a 15 minute...

Hamilton Memorial Hospital Announces Interim Chief Nursing Officer

Wednesday, June 26 by Nicole Behnke

(McLeansboro, IL) – Hamilton Memorial Hospital District (HMHD) is pleased to announce Jenee Wilson, Registered Nurse (RN) has accepted the role of Interim Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) effective August 1, 2024.Wilson joined Hamilton Memorial in 2017 as an RN in the Emergency Department. She...

Hires, Retirement, Resignations, and Reassignments for CWC Unit #5

Wednesday, June 26 by Nicole Behnke

During the closed session at Monday night's Carmi-White County School Board meeting, the board accepted a handful of new hires, along with reassignments, resignations and one retirement.The retirement was for Mark Renshaw as the Brownsville Attendance Center Custodian.Resignations consisted of: Eric Dixon as the...

Open Line ON DEMAND – Type I Diabetes Golf Scramble with Amanda and Bentley Nelson

Wednesday, June 26 by Jc Tinsley

In this episode of Open Line, Jc sits down with Amanda Nelson and her son Bentley ahead of the 5th annual Type I Diabetes Golf Scramble coming to the Carmi Country Club on July 20th. Learn more about Bentley's personal journey with Type I,...

Ewing Surrenders to Authorities on 2022 Warrant

Wednesday, June 26 by Jc Tinsley

A Fairfield man is out on bond after turning himself in Tuesday morning. 36-year-old Nickolas Ewing turned himself in at the Carmi Police Department just before 11:30am. He was wanted on a warrant that dates back to charges he picked up in August of...

Carmi License Branch to Stay in Carmi; Moving to SIC Campus

Tuesday, June 25 by Jc Tinsley

State Representative Dave Severin confirms that the Carmi License Branch will remain in Carmi. It’s moving though. WROY/WRUL News talked with the legislator Tuesday afternoon and he says the branch will be open at it’s Oak Street location for the final day on Wednesday. ...

CWC School Board Talks Budget and Incident Involving Illinois State Board of Education

Tuesday, June 25 by Nicole Behnke

A marathon session of the Carmi White County School Board was held Monday night. Instead of the highlight being the passing of the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, it became about an incident involving a child being punished by being given a “time-out” in a...

Grayville Teen Awarded Key to the City for Heroic Act

Tuesday, June 25 by Jc Tinsley

A hero. Grayville officials awarded 15-year-old Zeke Roosevelt with a key to the city Monday night in honor of the young man’s efforts to save a youngster on June 15th. According to the incident report, Roosevelt was on the job at the Grayville City...

First of Two Board of Review Hearings Held Monday; Indian Creek Residents Ask for Adjustments

Monday, June 24 by Jc Tinsley

The first of two Board of Review meetings was held Monday morning and a handful of Indian Creek Township residents had their say. Nathan Coston, Kerry Sutton, Jeff Neal, and Joe Lane on behalf of himself and Matt Vollman all presented their cases over...