Author Archives: Mark Wells

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Lady Mules Basketball vs. Flora at the Mule Barn 6pm Scholastic Bowl at SIAC JV Meet at Centralia 4pm OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL: Jasper vs. Al...

With the support of a loving family, Clem passed away on November 18, 2025 at his home near Dahlgren, IL. He was 85 years old. Clemens John Aydt was born on December 9, 1939 to Clemens J. N. and Franc...

Phyllis Darline Allison, age 81, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Monday evening, November 17, 2025, at Axiom Healthcare of Flora. She was born October 7, 1944, in Iola, the daughter of James Howard an...

Warren Edgar Walker, 90, of Opdyke, IL passed away at home on Sunday, November 16, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. Warren was born on March 4, 1935 in Mt. Erie, IL to Melvin Edgar Walker & Edna Ire...

Edward L. Anselment 76, of McLeansboro, IL. passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Hamilton Memorial Hospital. Ed was born February 16, 1949 in McLeansboro, IL. He was a son of Albert Peter Anselment ...

Huck's Convenience Store at 1st and West Main Street in downtown Fairfield has finished a major renovation project, transforming both the inside and outside of the store. A new fuel station is now ope...

A weekend drug-related incident at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center is drawing sharp criticism from the Darren Bailey/Aaron Del Mar governor campaign, which says the situation highlights what it ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced details Monday of its Stage 2 allocation in the total Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP), pegged at $16 billion. The announcement arrives as relie...

Hunters across Illinois are gearing up for the first firearm deer season, which opens one half hour before sunrise on Friday and runs through one half hour after sunset on Sunday. The second firearm s...

The government reopened after a record-breaking 43-day shutdown as a new funding package signed by the president restores operations across federal agencies and extends the farm bill through September...