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Two Funding Opportunities Announced for Watershed Management Planning and Implementation Projects

Carrollton · Carrollton

Two Funding Opportunities Announced for Watershed Management Planning and Implementation Projects

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Acting Director James Jennings today announced a total of $4.4 million in funding through the release of two Section 319(h) Grant Program Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to address nonpoint source (NPS) pollution. Illinois EPA is seeking proposals for both watershed-based planning projects as well as watershed-based plan implementation projects to prevent, eliminate, or reduce water q…Read Article

Illinois waterfowl blind drawings sites and schedule released for 2025 season

Carrollton · Carrollton

Illinois waterfowl blind drawings sites and schedule released for 2025 season

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Illinois American Water to Flush New Water Main Along Hollow Avenue in Jerseyville

Carrollton · Carrollton

Illinois American Water to Flush New Water Main Along Hollow Avenue in Jerseyville

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Illinois EPA Announces $5 Million Funding Opportunity through the Illinois Overflow and Sewer Grant

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Acting Director James Jennings today announced a funding opportunity through the new Overflow and Sewer Grant (OSG) program. The OSG program was created to assist local governments with infrastructure needs to address combined sewer overflows (CSO), sanitary sewer overflows (SSO), and stormwater management to improve water quality and protect local water resources. A Notice of Funding Oppor…Carrollton · Carrollton Read Article

City and County discuss Carrollton Square Project

By Carmen Ensinger The Greene County Board convened a special meeting on Thursday, May 22 with three items on the agenda, one being discussion of Carrollton Square Revitalization Project which hinges on a more than $2 million grant that the city applied for and received. Members of the Carrollton City Council were invited to attend after they held a similar meeting the week before to discuss some of the major issues with the current plan. Unfort…Carrollton · Carrollton Read Article

New flowers added to Veteran’s Memorial Walkway

Carrollton Alderman Dewain Freand admires one of the two new flower pots with flowers placed at the Veteran’s Memorial Walkway last week. Farm Credit offered grants to beautify the communities in the area and Rachel Albrecht applied for the grant and received it. With the grant, she purchased two very large, self-watering flower pots, and, together with the Show and Grow 4-H group, planted flowers in the pots and delivered them to the Memorial. …Carrollton · Carrollton Read Article

L&C Criminal Justice Debuts Course: ‘Understanding Serial Killers’

The Criminal Justice department at Lewis and Clark Community College is offering a brand-new class titled Understanding Serial Killers. This course is available beginning in the fall 2o25 semester. CRMJ 145 Understanding Serial Killers is a study of serial murderers and their victims to facilitate an understanding of what might lead a person to commit these types of crimes, what systemic factors influence serial offending, and what law enforceme…Carrollton · Carrollton Read Article

Visit Pere Marquette State Park June 7 for the Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair

Pere Marquette State Park will host the Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair, featuring fun and educational activities for the entire family, on Saturday, June 7. Event hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the park, which is near Grafton on Illinois 100. There are no admission or parking fees, and no fishing license or gear is needed to participate. The fishing fair will feature a variety of outdoor activities. Participating children will find a catch-and-r…Carrollton · Carrollton Read Article

Illinois spring turkey hunters harvest record number of wild turkeys

Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of 18,189 wild turkeys during the 2025 spring turkey season. This year’s total compares with the previous record total of 17,208 turkeys harvested in 2024. The top five counties for harvest in 2025 were Jo Daviess, 628; Jefferson, 518; Pike, 468; Marion, 428; and Pope, 425. The 2025 total includes the record youth spring turkey season harvest of 2,099 birds, which compares with the pre…Carrollton · Carrollton Read Article

Greene County man sentenced to 20 years in DOC

By Carmen Ensinger Greene County State’s Attorney Craig M. Grummel announced that on May 9, William L. Orr, age 60, of Carrollton, was sentenced to 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections following his conviction for multiple felony offenses including Unlawful Possession of Firearm and Firearm Ammunition by a Felon and Possession of Child Pornography. Orr pled guilty on May 9 in Greene County Circuit Court before Judge Tawnya Frioli. …Carrollton · Carrollton Read Article

Fun at the carnival

The White Hall American Legion Post 70 sponsored the Spring carnival last week in Whiteside Park. Four year old Bowen Malin had a blast riding the little train, as is evident from his expression. (Carmen Ensinger/Greene Prairie Press)Carrollton · Carrollton Read Article