Crimestoppers is offering a reward for the person or persons who entered a construction trailer on I 64 a lock was cut iff and taken from the trailer concrete chop saw, echo generator, predator generator, still backpack blower, and the security camera call or text crimestoppers at 618 842 9777.
The family of Wayne County Deputy Sean Riley will be in charge of lighting the official Christmas tree on the courthouse square prior to Saturday’s Christmas Parade in Fairfield. The lighting will take place at 4:45 p.m. The Riley family, along with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department will also be collecting donations at the Festival of Lights in Leo French Park on December 7, in honor of Riley. The money that is raised will be used to select a display for the Festival of Light to honor Deputy Riley.
Save the Date! On December 14th from 5-7 pm the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Chamber Mixer sponsored by CSI Insurance who will be celebrating 70 years of serving Fairfield and the surrounding communities. The location of the mixer will be in Bryan and Barbara Williams home! For the address call the chamber office at 618-842-6116.
Growls and Meows Veterinary Clinic will be hosting a Ribbon Cutting and Grand opening this Saturday December the 3rd at 9am. The Veterinary Clinic is located at 101 Railroad in Cisne. This is a public event plan to attend and help the community congratulate Growls and Meows Veterinary Clinic on their new Cisne facility.
Wayne County Sherrifs reported a crash on 11-27 around 6:30pm. Monty D Ewing age 39 of Fairfield was Northbound on County Road 1225 East and North of 675 North in a 2016 Chevy 1500 when a deer ran into the roadway causing Ewing to strike the deer. There was over $1,500 in damages to the front of the vehicle.
The US District Court in Fairview Heights ordered the forfeiture of nearly a quarter of a million dollars in cash seized from a Fairfield man arrested for being in possession of a large amount of counterfeit goods. Trevor J. Edwards, 21, was arrested earlier this month on a petition to revoke his bond on multiple federal charges related to the trafficking in counterfeit goods including cell phone cases. In an administrative forfeiture notice, the Court ordered the government’s seizure of $241,000 in cash, 836 counterfeit designer cellular telephone cases and Edwards’ 2014 GMC Sierra pickup truck. In the original criminal information filed in the case, Edwards is accused of attempting to import for sale, a shipment of 500 counterfeit cell phone cases. The shipment from Hong Kong was bound for Edwards at a West Main Street address in Fairfield. After seizing the shipment, Customs and Border Protection agents sent a return receipt to Edwards by certified mail, notifying Edwards that the goods were counterfeit and that importing the goods violated Federal law. Edwards, officials stated, read the return receipt, accepted delivery and placed the goods in a storage building where it was later recovered. Investigators also allege that Edwards transported 336 counterfeit designer cell phones through Washington County, Illinois with the intent to sell them. Those had a retail value of more than $101,000. At the time of the seizure, Edwards also had $241,000 in cash with him in his vehicle stuffed inside DeWalt tool bags plus 2,909 THC vape pens and cartridges from various brands. Edwards remains in custody of the US Marshals Service pending further court appearances in US District Court in Benton.
Flora Police Chief Guye Durre released the following activity report on Monday.
On Sunday, November 23, at 8:47 am, Flora Police investigated a traffic crash involving Thomas L. Harmon, 70 of Flora driving a 2015 Ford and the parked 2017 Toyota belonging to Christy Beachy in the 900 Block of West North Avenue. No injuries were reported, and no citations were issued.
On Wednesday, November 23, at 11:59 am, Flora Police investigated a traffic crash involving Rick L. Opell, 63 of Flora driving a 2004 Ford and Kelly L. Colclasure, 31 of Flora driving a 2011 Ford at the intersection of East North Avenue and Stanford Road. Opell and Colclasure were taken to Clay County Hospital. No citations were issued.
On Wednesday, November 23, at 10:20 pm, Flora Police investigated a single vehicle traffic crash involving James D. Komo, 54 of Union, MO near the intersection of Highway 50 and North Stanford Road. No injuries were reported, and no citations were issued.
On Thursday, November 24, at 7:18 am, Flora Police arrested Shawna L. Matchett, 44 of Flora for Driving While License Revoked following a traffic stop at the intersection of West 12th Street and East Clan Street.
On Friday, November 25, at 10:37 am, Flora Police issued Jaeven A. Schofield, 21 of Flora citations for No Valid Driver’s License, Squealing/Screeching Tires, and Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle following a traffic stop at the intersection of Austin Avenue and East Drive.
On Friday, November 25, at 9:17 pm, Flora Police arrested Nicole L. Keller, 31 of Flora for Driving While License Suspended, an outstanding Wayne County Warrant, and two outstanding Effingham County Warrants following a traffic stop in the 500 Block of East 3rd Street. Keller was transported to the Flora Police Department where she underwent booking procedures and issued a citation for the above offense. She was released with Notices to Appear.
All persons are merely accused of the charges against them and are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,068 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois overnight, including 14 additional deaths since Thursday. There were 95 new cases reported in our area over the holiday weekend, including 13 new cases in Clay County. Since last Monday there have been 20 New cases of Coronavirus diagnosed in Clay County and 1 death. Since Wednesday there have been 26 new cases reported in Effingham County, 16 in Marion, 14 in Richland, 13 in Clay, 9 in Fayette and Wayne, and 8 in Jasper County. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 3,869,181 cases, including 35,437 deaths. As of Sunday night, 1,317 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 139 patients were in the ICU and 41 patients were on ventilators. A total of 25,323,692 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of Sunday night. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 14,173 doses. Since Wednesday 55,799 doses were reportedly administered in Illinois.
The Little Wabash at Golden Gate sat at 5.41ft (flood stage 17ft). The Little Wabash below Clay City is at 4.57ft (flood stage 18ft). The Skillet Fork at Wayne City had a reading of 5.27 (flood stage 15ft). And elsewhere in the region, Bonpas Creek at Browns reads 1.62ft , The Little Wabash at Main St. in Carmi shows 2.61ft , and the Wabash River at Mt. Carmel currently sits at 2.87ft
Today’s Crude Oil price is $71.20 up $.96 The January Crude Oil price is $79.96