Headlines for Wednesday, June 26th
4-H Fairgrounds clean-up day is this Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. All county 4-H members, leaders, and volunteers are asked to bring anything they feel is needed to ready the grounds for the upcoming […]
4-H Fairgrounds clean-up day is this Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. All county 4-H members, leaders, and volunteers are asked to bring anything they feel is needed to ready the grounds for the upcoming […]
Leech Township Road Commissioner Gerald Hutchcraft says he will have two road closures in the coming days. Tomorrow, on County Road 2450 East, also known as the Beulah Café Road, he will be working on […]
As the Fairfield area received yet more rain this morning, we have recorded over 43 inches of rainfall at the WFIW/WOKZ studios thus far in 2019. Since 2006, we have recorded less rainfall in four […]
More showers and thunderstorms are possible in the southern Illinois region today, especially during the afternoon hours. This follows lines of showers and storms that moved through early Sunday morning, early Saturday morning and Friday […]
More rounds of showers and thunderstorms are possible in the southern Illinois region today and into early next week. A line of showers and storms moved through Friday afternoon, bringing damaging winds and small hail […]
A line of strong-severe storms moved through southern Illinois this afternoon, bringing damaging winds and small hail. Because of the rain and storms, Wayne City customers are without phone service, but they can call 911 […]
Payment for Wayne County mobile home tax bills is due by July 1st. Those who do not pay by the deadline will be subject to a $25 monthly penalty. Payments may be made in the […]
79-year-old McLeansboro resident Harry L. Taylor died at 12:33 p.m. on Tuesday (June 25) at his residence. He was a laborer and member of the McLeansboro Kiwanis Club, and he attended Freedom Baptist Church in […]
Joyce Ellen Browning, 81, of Fairfield passed away at 6:15 AM, Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Aperion Care Fairfield. Born on January 5, 1938 in Fairfield to Virlie and Marcie Faye (Baker) Colclasure, she was […]
Clarice Lee Rawls, 83, a resident of Wayne City, IL passed away at her home on Friday, June 21, 2019. Clarice Lee (Downen) Rawls was born in Wayne County June 21, 1936 to Alvin Downen […]
Charles Lester Tucker, age 96 of West Salem, IL passed from this life to the next on June 20, 2016. Lester was born in Edwards County on June 18, 1923 to Norman and Rena (Hearn) […]
Mary A. Behnke Edwards, 65, of Carmi, passed away on June 17, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, IN. She was born on September 27, 1953 in Carmi, the daughter of Harold and Kathrine […]
