Stan Hill of Norris City appeals to the White County board on Tuesday to help get upgraded internet service in White County. The State of Illinois will be spending $420 million to improve internet service throughout the state. Photo by Kathy Sands.
Visitor Stan Hill of Norris City brought information to the county board on Tuesday night about $116 million in Federal funds that had been released for rural broadband in southern Illinois. Only problem was, White County wasn’t one of the counties listed as receiving any of it. Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Pope and Saline Counties were the areas cited as the ones to receive broadband improvements over the next decade, and that work has already started. [Read more...]
