Olney News

The Richland County Sheriff's Department, with assistance from the Illinois State Police Meth Response Team arrested three people, over the weekend, on charges of methamphetamine production in the Vernor Lake area, north of Olney.

An accident at the Hog Rock River Rally near Cave In Rock, Illinois claimed the life of two people, and injured at least four others.

According to published reports, the Illinois State Legislature has approved a Capital Bill that includes money for the proposed Route 50 expansion from 2 lanes to 4 between Lawrenceville and Salem .

The child was found unresponsive in his home and later died at the hospital in Mt.

Former University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men's basketball recruit Tank Johnson has enrolled at Olney Central College, a two-year school in Olney, Ill.

The Coles County coroner says four people killed when two pickup trucks collided over the weekend died of multiple traumatic injuries.

Sadie Ahlfield, the 19-month-old granddaughter of Steve and Victoria Ahlfield of West Salem apparently wandered away from their home and fell into a nearby farm pond.

Officials with the Olney Police Department have confirmed that a man has died after suffering an apparent stab wound, in Olney, Sunday night, and a local woman was arrested in connection with the incident.

Congressman John Shimkus announced yesterday that former employees of North American Lighting plants in Paris, Salem and Flora are eligible for federal Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Illinois State Police in Effingham investigated two separate ATV accidents, within 30-minutes of each other, Saturday night.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, often referred to as CRC or UNCRC, is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. Nations that ratify this international convention are bound to it by international law. Compliance is monitored by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child which is composed of members from countries around the world. Once a year, the Committee submits a report to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, which also hears a statement from the CRC Chair, and the Assembly adopts a Resolution on the Rights of the Child.[4] Governments of countries that have ratified the Convention are required to report to, and appear before, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child periodically to be examined on their progress with regards to the advancement of the implementation of the Convention and the status of child rights in their country. Their reports and the committee's written views and concerns are available on the committee's website. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention and opened it for signature on 20 November 1989 (the 30th anniversary of its Declaration of the Rights of the Child).[5] It came into force on 2 September 1990, after it was ratified by the required number of nations. As of December 2008, 193 countries have ratified it,[1] including every member of the United Nations except the United States and Somalia.[4][6]

Last Thursday, 34-year-old Freddie Jackson, of Dundas, made an "open" plea in Clay County Circuit Court to a home invasion charge.

Illinois lawmakers approved legislation that will provide more than $1.5 million to reopen several state historic sites that were shut down last year. Officials say the sites should reopen in just a matter of weeks. The Governor also signed into law a plan to help homeowners in Illinois. This would give homeowners that are unable to pay their mortgage, a 90-day grace period to work out a deal with their lenders. One requirement is that homeowners need to get financial counseling.

Still, the Chicago 2016 organizing committee figures a little prodding couldn't hurt.

President Barack Obama says a new report on unemployment in the United States is a "stark reminder" of the global challenges created by the economic crisis.

The largest-ever increase in U.S. tobacco taxes is prompting an unprecedented volume of calls to quit-smoking hot lines, a Seattle firm reports.

The federal racketeering indictment against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is all about money, and lots of it - including the big bucks he is accused of trying to collect by selling or swapping President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat.

Five year old, Erick Morse's killer decides to take residence in Olney.

A A A' A fire at the Empress Casino in northern Illinois has produced waves of black smoke and forced the evacuation of everyone inside.

Gov. Pat Quinn likes to keep count of how many days it's been since he replaced his disgraced predecessor Rod Blagojevich.