According to a post from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page, the department has received multiple reports of scam phone calls currently blanketing the area. The callers are advising of a valuable mail package […]
The Fairfield High School Board met last night. A Budget Hearing was conducted prior to the regular board meeting. There was no public comment on the FY22 Budget and it was unanimously passed during the […]
The Boil Water Order that was issued last week for Lakeview Dr., York Dr., and Shoreway has been lifted. Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers […]
On June 19 at 5:08 a.m., Fairfield Fire Department firefighters were alerted to a structure fire at 407 NW 5th Street in Fairfield. The first arriving unit arrived three minutes after dispatch observing fire coming […]
The Wayne County Sherriff’s Office was dispatched to an accident in Wayne City on 6/19. At approximately 7:50 p.m. 21-year-old Seth A Cannon of Norris City was pulling up to a parking spot at the […]
The due day for Wayne County Mobile Home Tax Bills is July 1st. Payment may be made in person, by mail, or put in the drop box located on the West Side of the Courthouse. […]
Another heat wave is expected to develop in the region this week. High temperatures should reach into the upper 90s by the middle of the week and near 100 degrees. Only a slight chance of […]
Ruby Ellen (Carter) Knight, 96, of Carmi, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. She was born on April 17, 1926, the daughter of Samuel Coleman and Lura Agnes […]
Micheal “Mike” Logan Warren, age 80, of Xenia, and formerly of Flora, Illinois, peacefully passed away Thursday afternoon, June 23, 2022. He was born April 12, 1942, in Vandalia, the son of Xon and Anna […]
Gale Loker, 86, of Keenes, IL passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at his home. Gale was born in Hickory Hill Township in Wayne County, IL the son of George Loker and Joy (Fleming) Loker. On […]
Dessie A. Hallam, 66, of Fairfield, died at 8:41pm on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Aperion Care in Fairfield, IL. She had been a homemaker. Dessie was born on November 18, 1955, in Joliet, IL, […]
CW3 Jimmie D. Ferguson, age 72, died Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at Hospice of Southern Kentucky. Jimmie was born in Salem, Illinois on June 2, 1950. The Flora, Illinois native was the son of the […]
