Author Archives: Mark Wells

The City of Eldorado is mourning the death of Fire Chief Mike McKinnies, one of Southern Illinois' longest-serving active fire chiefs. The news was announced last Tuesday night. McKinnies served as El...

Rend Lake College is set to celebrate a major milestone for its campus and athletic programs with the grand opening of the new Banterra Sports Complex next month. The college will host a ribbon-cuttin...

North Wayne Community Unit School District #200 will conduct its regular board meeting on Wednesday, January 21st, at 6 p.m. at Cisne Middle School. The meeting will open with the Pledge of Allegiance...

Pritzker Signs Law To Seal Non-Violent Criminals' Records (Springfield, IL) -- Under a new state law, eligible non-violent criminal records will automatically be sealed. Governor Pritzker signed the m...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Mules Basketball vs. Harrisburg at the Carmi-White County Invitational Tournament 5:30pm Lady Mules Basketball vs. West Frankfort at the West Frankfort Mid-Winter Classi...

Mary Alice Copley, age 89, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Monday afternoon, January 12, 2026, at her home. She was born October 3, 1936, in Flora, the daughter of Ray and Opal (Hough) Foster. She was...

Rodney Everett Wallace, 79, of Dahlgren passed away at 5:45 AM, January 17, 2026 at SSM Health, Mt. Vernon, IL. He was born in McLeansboro, IL. on July 24, 1946, son of Everett Henry and Vera Evelyn (...

Sandra A. McDannel, 71, of Fairfield, passed away at 4:52pm on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at her home. She had been a housekeeper. Sandra was born on January 22, 1954, in Fairfield, IL, to John and Go...

William Wayne Wilson, 90, of Carmi passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at Deaconess Memorial Hospital in Jasper, IN. He was born in Enfield, IL on September 5, 1935 the son of Elza and Turza (Do...

Wayne County Circuit Court Judge, Matt Vaughn, issued sentences in several cases during Thursday's proceedings: Corey Budde, 33, of Cisne, pled guilty to Disorderly Conduct, a Class C misdemeanor. Bud...