Author Archives: Mark Wells

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Lady Mules Basketball at Edwards County 6pm Scholastic Bowl SIAC JV Meet at Mt. Vernon 4pm HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Cisne at Casey-Westfield HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKET...

Mark Anson Jones,75, of Carmi passed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at his residence in Carmi. He was born on March 11, 1950 in Macomb, IL the son of George and Lorraine (Miller) Jones. He graduate...

The City of Fairfield and the Chamber of Commerce will host their annual Christmas Parade on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. This year's theme is "A Tropical Christmas," promising festive fun with a warm-weathe...

Jack and Angela Howser, former publishers of the well-known area newspaper "The Disclosure," have been ordered to pay nearly $1 million after a federal jury found they conspired with law enforcement t...

Santa Claus is coming to the Geff Ruritan Club Building on Saturday, December 13th, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Parents are encouraged to bring their children to visit with Santa and share their Christmas g...

The holiday spirit is headed for downtown Flora as the play "Reindeer Games" takes the stage at Nostalgia Theater, formerly known as the Town Theater. Performances are scheduled for Friday, December 5...

Country music star Ella Langley is headed to the Illinois State Fair Grandstand on Friday, August 21st, 2026. Langley, one of the genre's fastest-rising artists, brings an impressive track record to S...

Prairie Farms Dairy has issued a recall for select Gallon Fat Free Milk produced at its Dubuque, Iowa, facility due to potential contamination with food-grade cleaning agents, according to an announce...

Governor J.B. Pritzker has ordered all U.S. and Illinois flags to be flown at half-staff on December 7th in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The directive, issued through the Illinois D...

Peggy Ann (Molt) Robbins, 78, of Geff passed away at 4:40PM on Monday December 1, 2025, at Stonebridge Memory Care in Mt Vernon IL. She was a devoted Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother and Grandmother. Pe...