The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, has issued a Heat Advisory for the southern Illinois region, beginning at noon today and running through 7 p.m. Tuesday. Forecasters say high temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90s Monday and Tuesday, with heat index values up to 105 each afternoon before a ...

The Center Street School Board of Education is set to meet Monday night in the Center Street School Boardroom. Items on the agenda include several reports, and action on an Intergovernmental Agreement for Transportation, action on Hazardous Safety Conditions, a Risk Management Plan, an Interagency Agreement with Child ...

Illinois State Police Troop 9 Commander, Captain Brian Wilson, has announced that the ISP will conduct Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement, or ACE, patrols in Wayne, Edwards, Clay, Hamilton and Effingham counties during August and September, focusing on preventing, detecting, and taking enforcement action in response to...

Two Norris City men have been sentenced in White County Circuit Court. According to reports out of White County, the sentences were handed down Thursday. 19 year old Joshua Walters was sentenced on 3 of 4 counts including Child Pornography and Exploitation of a Child under the age of 13 charges. Walters was sentenced...

Media reports say the Marion Community Unit School District #2 initiated a soft lockdown Friday after law enforcement requested it. The school indicated the act was in response to potential suspicious activity near the Marion Junior High School, Marion High School and Longfellow Elementary School. The lockdown began ...

Several defendants were sentenced Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court after entering guilty pleas . Mark Feldman, 42, of Albion, pleaded guilty to Theft and was sentenced to two years' probation plus court costs. He received three days' credit for time served in the Wayne County Jail. Dennis Gardner, 57, of West Sal...

A Wayne County jury took just 40 minutes Wednesday to find 40-year-old Amanda Ball of Fairfield guilty of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony. Ball was originally charged on June 3rd, 2024 with meth delivery (Class X felony) and possession of more than 15 but less than 100 grams of meth, a Class 1 ...

Convicted murderer Ray E. Tate made a video appearance in Clinton County Circuit Court on Wednesday, continuing his efforts to withdraw his guilty plea related to his capture following the 2021 murder of Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Riley. Appearing via Zoom from Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Tate refuse...

Anthony Vasoli Amanda Garner Terry Keele Bobby Wayne Cottrill Marshall Lloyd Garrison Five Fairfield residents are facing felony charges after allegedly breaking into the Fairfield Light Plant and causing more than $100,000 in damage. Charged with criminal damage to government-supported property and burglary are Terry ...

Blessed Blooms Flower Farm & Market invites the community to its Friday night Farmers Market tonight from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Blessed Blooms Pavilion. The evening will feature live gospel music performed by the Blessed Blooms family, along with a variety of local vendors offering fresh goods and handmade items. The ...

According to areasports.net congratulations are going out to Edwards County High School basketball standout, Lola Nussmeyer. She has committed to continue her education and basketball career at University of Illinois-Springfield. JUNIOR HIGH BASEBALL SCORES -----Friday, August 15th----- Effingham 13, Hillsboro 0 John...

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF FROM THURSDAY: Mt. Carmel Invitational BOYS 1. Olney 308 2. Mt. Carmel 314 3. Hamilton County 319 4. Red Hill/Lawrenceville 324 5. Carmi-White County 332 6. Edwards County 348 7. Fairfield 359 8. Harrisburg 392 9. Cisne +9 Individually for Fairfield: Cruz Wells 87 Jake Easton 91 Brock Johnson 102 Zury ...

WEDNESDAY JUNIOR HIGH BASEBALL SCORES Hamilton County 17 Carmi 3 Vienna 15 Eldorado 0 Harrisburg 13 Gallatin Co 1 (Final 4 innings) Johnston City 7, Ewing 1 Nashville 11, Aviston 1 Pinckneyville 12, Trico 7 South Central 27, Sandoval 8 Summersville 12, Rome 0 WEDNESDAY JUNIOR HIGH SOFTBALL SCORES Red Hill 7 Lawerencevi...

JUNIOR HIGH BASEBALL SCORES Albion 9, Wayne City 2 Harrisburg 12, West Frankfort 3 Herrin 6, OLMC 4 Johnston City 12, Crab Orchard 0 Red Bud 13, All Saints 4 JUNIOR HIGH SOFTBALL SCORES Albion 15, Wayne City 0 Carlyle 15, All Saints 4 Cumberland 9, Dieterich 5 Harrisburg 14, West Frankfort 4 Herrin 12, OLMC 7 Salem 22,...

MONDAY'S SCOREBOARD JUNIOR HIGH BASEBALL SCORES Ewing 16, Carrier-Mills 2 Vienna 9, Goreville 2 JUNIOR HIGH SOFTBALL SCORES Dieterich 16, South Central 2 Effingham 15, Mt Zion 0 Goreville 18, Vienna 0 Red Hill 10, Grayville 0 Sullivan 10, Tuscola 0 Trico 6, Steeleville 0 MLB American League ------- New York Yankees 6, ...