The Fairfield City Council will meet Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall to address a full slate of business items ranging from proclamations and street closings to agreements with local organizations. Among the highlights of the agenda is a presentation by Mary Murphy of Southern Illinois Critter Fixers, followed by a p...

Mainly dry weather is expected for at least the next week, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. They say the region should experience typical summer weather for early August, with hot and humid conditions, and only small chances for afternoon showers and thunderstorms around m...

Illinois State Police are reminding motorists to pull over when approaching emergency vehicles or any vehicle with its emergency or hazard lights activated. The reminder comes after a traffic crash involving an ISP trooper Friday on Illinois Route 34 a mile west of Harco Road in Saline County. The trooper was on the s...

The FDA is recalling over 12,000 packages of sugar cookies sold at Target stores, due to concerns over wood contamination in its ten-count packages of Favorite Day Bakery Frosted Sugar Cookies. According to the FDA, they confirmed that the cookies were shipped to distribution centers in Ohio, Maryland and Connecticut,...

Jamaro J Kemmerling Davonta Boyd Dequan Hopkins An additional arrest has been made in connection with the July 27th shooting that left two people dead and several others injured in the 600 block of South 15th Street in Mt. Vernon. Mt. Vernon Police have arrested 26-year-old Jamaro J. Kemmerling of Mt. Vernon. He is cha...

Mason R. Thomas Matthew T. Gaudern The Wayne County Sheriff's Department reports two arrests made on Thursday. Mason R. Thomas, 22, of Cisne, was taken into custody on a failure to appear warrant related to a domestic battery charge. He was transported to the Wayne County Jail, where he is being held pending a court ap...

Three individuals entered guilty pleas in Wayne County Circuit Court on Thursday, facing sentencing on various charges. Richard L. Winter, 50, of Addieville, Illinois, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of methamphetamine. He was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge, ordered to pay court costs, and will s...

The West Salem Chowder Committee hosts the annual West Salem Homecoming and Chowder on Saturday, August 16th. Festivities begin with the parade, as participants line up at 8:30 a.m. at JJ's Truck & Trailer Parking Lot, located at 324 Northwest Street. The parade steps off at 9:30 a.m., following a route around the ...

Prosecutors have filed a motion to hold Megan Valentine in civil contempt for allegedly refusing to unlock her cellphone as ordered by the court. Investigators want access to the device as part of the ongoing probe into the November 5th, 2024, shooting death of her husband, Edwards County Circuit Judge Michael Valentin...

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has announced planned closures on both eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 64 from milepost 62 to 73 on Tuesday night for roadway patching and guardrail repairs, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Eastbound I-64 will be closed from 7:00 PM to 2:0...

Major League Baseball Friday: St. Louis 5 Chicago Cubs 0 Cleveland 9 Chicago White Sox 5 Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 2 Houston 5 NY Yankees 3 (10 innings) Baltimore 3 Athletics 2 Detroit 6 LA Angels 5 Miami 5 Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 9 Texas 1 Minnesota 9 Kansas City 4 Milwaukee 3 NY Mets 2 Bo...

THURSDAY'S SCOREBOARD NFL Preseason: Baltimore Ravens 24, Indianapolis Colts 16 Philadelphia Eagles 34, Cincinnati Bengals 27 Seattle Seahawks 23, Las Vegas Raiders 23 (Tie) Bears Begin Preseason: (Chicago, IL) -- The Chicago Bears open up preseason play with a game against the Miami Dolphins at Soldier Field on Sunday...

WEDNESDAY'S SCOREBOARD MLB American League: Minnesota Twins 9, Detroit Tigers 4 New York Yankees 3, Texas Rangers 2 Tampa Bay Rays 5, Los Angeles Angels 4 Kansas City Royals 7, Boston Red Sox 3 Seattle Mariners 8, Chicago White Sox 6 MLB National League: St. Louis Cardinals 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 The St. L...

(Champaign, IL) -- The Illinois football team will start the season with its highest ranking in over 30 years. The Fighting Illini was ranked number-12 the USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll. That is the first time Illinois has started the season in the Coaches Poll top 15 since 1990. The Illini will kick off the 2025 fo...

(Undated) -- Texas is the number one ranked team heading into the college football season. That's according to the first USA Today coaches poll released on Monday. Ohio State follows the Longhorns in second, Penn State is ranked third, while Georgia and Notre Dame round out the top five. Indiana is number 19. (Los Ange...