Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky have issued another Freeze Warning for Wayne, Hamilton, Jefferson, Franklin and Saline counties in southern Illinois from 11 p.m. tonight until 8 a.m. Sunday. Low temperatures are expected to drop to around 30 degrees overnight tonight, which should end ...

Four people were injured, including three from Flora, in a wreck Thursday afternoon. Reports said the accident occurred on U.S. Route 50 and the Iuka Road around 4 p.m. Thursday. Marion County Sheriff's deputies reported that a vehicle driven by 72 year old Deborah Ruholl of Flora was westbound on U.S. Route 50 and ma...

2025 Cisne High School graduates, (left to right) Cooper Bowen, Joshua Biggs, Allie Brach, Ella Krupp, and Kadence Smith received the National FFA Organization's highest honor, the American FFA Degree, on October 24, 2026, during the 99th National FFA Convention held in Indianapolis, IN. Less than one percent of the...

The Wayne County Farm Bureau Foundation is proud to share the bounty from the recently held Wayne County Farm to Table event. Recently, Foundation leaders presented $1,000 donations to the FFA Chapters at Cisne High School, Fairfield High School, and Wayne City High School. Additional donations to the Wayne County 4-H ...

The Cisne FFA Chapter will honor area military veterans with its second annual complimentary Veterans Day Breakfast on Monday, November 9, at the Cisne Community Center. The breakfast will be served from 7:30 until 9:30 a.m. and is open to veterans from Wayne and Clay counties, along with their families or guests. The ...

SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon is encouraging area residents to take a proactive approach to their heart health through a quick, non-invasive screening designed to identify the risk of coronary artery disease. The hospital offers cardiac calcium scoring, a specialized CT scan that detects and measures...

Motorists traveling northbound on Interstate 57/64 through Mt. Vernon will need to use an alternate exit beginning Thursday, November 12th, as construction continues at the Illinois Route 15 interchange. According to a construction notice shared Thursday by the City of Mt. Vernon, the northbound Exit 95 ramp to Illinoi...

Illinois State Police Troop 9 will conduct special nighttime traffic enforcement patrols throughout November in Marion, Wayne, Effingham and Hamilton counties. Troop 9 Commander Captain Bruce Waggoner announced the Nighttime Enforcement, or NITE, patrols will focus on identifying impaired drivers and enforcing seat bel...

Two Carmi men were booked into the Wayne County Jail early this (Friday) morning. 37-year-old Corey J. Gregg was arrested by Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies and booked into the jail at approximately 2:26 a.m. Gregg was taken into custody on warrants involving petitions to revoke in Wayne County Circuit Court cases rela...

Four defendants appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday. 46-year-old Sean M. Dawkins of Clay City pleaded guilty to an amended Class 3 felony charge of unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Dawkins was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to serve 180 days in jail, with the jail sentence stayed. He...

LOCAL SPORTS FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: IHSA CLASS 2A PLAYOFFS - 2ND ROUND: Flora vs. Shelbyville West Frankfort vs. Auburn Nashville vs. Vandalia IHSA CLASS 3A PLAYOFFS - 2ND ROUND: Mt. Carmel vs. Benton St. ...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL: ROME TOURNAMENT: CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP: Waltonville vs. Spring Garden 3RD PLACE GAME: Wayne City vs. Woodlawn CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Bluford vs. Raccoon JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL: Wayne City at Field AREA SPORTS RESUL...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: IHSA CLASS 1A ST. ELMO SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Okawville vs. South Central IHSA CLASS 1A CRAB ORCHARD SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: NCOE vs. Trico IHSA CLASS 2A CARTERVILLE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: R...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETALL: Fairfield at Albion Jasper vs. Allendale-St. Mary's (JV Only) AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY: HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS: IHSA CLASS 1A ST. ELMO SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS: Okawville over Cisne in 2 Sets: 25-14 and 25-21 South Cent...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS: IHSA CLASS 1A ST. ELMO SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS: Cisne vs. Okawville South Central vs. Carlyle IHSA CLASS 1A CRAB ORCHARD SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS: NCOE vs. Waterloo Gibault Trico vs. Egyptian IHSA CLASS...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL: Jasper vs. New Hope Geff at Discovery Christian Cisne vs. South Central JR HIGH GIRLS BASKETALL: Wayne City at Bluford AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM THE WEEKEND: HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: IHSA CLASS 3A PLAYOFF AT BE...

LOCAL SPORTS FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: IHSA Class 3A Playoff - Fairfield Mules vs. Benton Rangers at Benton 2:00 p.m. WFIW's LeMond's Chevrolet Chrysler Pre-Game Show begins at 1:30 p.m. on WFIW 104.9, wfiwradio.com and tocsportsnetwork.com Mules and Lady Mules Cross Country at the IHSA ...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH SPORTS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY: HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: IHSA CLASS 2A JOHNSTON CITY REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: The Fairfield Lady Mules saw their outstanding volleyball season come t...