Author Archives: Mark Wells

The Edwards County Farm Bureau has announced its 2026 Winter Meeting Series, offering area farmers and landowners a variety of timely and informative sessions. The series begins on Tuesday, January 20...

The Mt. Erie Ruritan will hold its Annual Farm Consignment Auction on Monday, January 19th beginning at 9 a.m. The event will take place in Mt. Erie and is open to farmers, collectors, and community m...

The Edwards County Farm Bureau is sponsoring "Ag on the Court" on Friday, January 16th at 5:00 p.m. in the Edwards County High School Gymnasium. The event promises a fun night of high school boys bask...

Franklin County officials say the recent decision not to renew funding for the Rend Lake Area Tourism Council (RLATC) does not represent a withdrawal from tourism investment, but rather a move toward ...

The upcoming Winter Donorama Blood Drive will take place on Wednesday, January 7th, 2026 from 11:30am to 5:30pm at the Community of Christ Church on Windsor Lane in Fairfield. Sponsored by VFW Post 45...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Lady Mules Wrestling at the Lady Wildcat Invitational at Marion 9am OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Wayne City at Grayville AREA SPORTS FOR THE...

Russel G. "Buck" Adams, 95, of Carmi passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. He was born on June 26, 1930 in Epworth the son of Luther B. and Rosa (Bate...

Nina Faye Taylor, 88, of Grayville, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at Heart-to-Heart Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana. She was born on Tuesday, May 25,1937, in Mill Shoals Township, ...

Clarice Mae (Trammell) Moran, 86, of Centralia, IL, formerly of Dubuque, IA and Chicago, IL, passed away at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at Mt. Vernon Countryside Manor in Mt. Vernon, IL. S...

Area deer hunters are being encouraged to participate in this year's Hunters Feeding Illinois program, which allows harvested deer to be donated to local meat processors. In turn, these processors pro...