Author Archives: Mark Wells

Oak Valley Free Will Baptist Church will hold its annual Fall Harvest Party, set for Saturday, November 8th at 4:30 PM. The event will be held at 1310 County Road 1325 East in Geff. Guests are encoura...

The Johnsonville Community Ruritan Club will host its annual Soup Supper & Christmas Auction tonight (Friday) at the Johnsonville Ruritan Building. The event begins at 5:00 pm with a soup supper f...

Area residents are invited to enjoy a Fish Fry on tomorrow (Saturday) as the event will take place at the Mill Shoals Christian Church from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. For just $12.00 a plate, guests can look fo...

The Hamilton County Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its Annual Trivia Night. The event will take place tonight (Friday) at the McLeansboro Elks Lodge. The night will kick off with a social hour ...

The Geff Ruritan Club will hold its monthly all-you-can-eat, self-serve buffet breakfast tomorrow (Saturday) morning from 7 to 9 a.m. The breakfast will feature a menu including sausage patties, scram...

Illinois Residents To Start Receiving Partial SNAP Benefits Today Illinois SNAP customers are set to begin receiving partial November benefits. The Illinois Department of Human Services says anyone wh...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: No Events Scheduled OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL: Jasper at Clay City ROME TOURNAMENT: CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP: Rome vs. Raccoon 3rd/4th PLACE G...

Shirley J. Caldwell, 91, formerly of Sims, IL, passed away at 3:27pm on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at the Newburgh Health Care in Newburgh, IN. Shirley was born on November 11, 1933, in Geff, IL, to...

Ritchie James Osborn, age 76, of Clay City, Illinois, passed away Monday, October 27, 2025, at Deaconess Memorial Medical Center in Jasper, Indiana. He was born December 9, 1948, in Olney, the son of ...

White County Sheriff's Deputies, with help from the Shawneetown Dive Team, recovered three stolen firearms from a riverbank near New Haven on October 31, 2025. The weapons had been reported stolen dur...