Author Archives: Mark Wells

Starting Monday, November 10th, Gateway Regional Water Company will temporarily modify its water disinfection process, using Free Chlorine instead of its usual Chloramines. The company plans to revert...

The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) is urging all Medicare recipients to review their health and drug plans during this year's Medicare Open Enrollment Period, which runs from now through December...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: No Events Scheduled OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: BENTON CLASS 2A SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Massac County vs. Carmi-White Co...

Steven "Cecil" Phillips, age 63, of Clay City, Illinois, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2025, at Deaconess Illinois Crossroads Hospital in Mt. Vernon. He was born November 20, 1961, in Fairfield, the...

Kathryn Ilene Thomason Wood, 90, of Bone Gap, IL passed away on November 2, 2025 at Haven on the River in Grayville, IL. Kathryn was born December 16, 1934 in Cisne, IL to Ralph and Dorothy (Feller) M...

Three defendants appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Tuesday to enter guilty pleas in separate drug-related cases. Amanda G. Garner, 45, also known as Amanda G. Peters of Fairfield, pleaded guilty ...

A Jefferson County man charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife is set to face a jury in late January. 51-year-old John W. Finney was arrested for first-degree murder on S...

New Hope Grade School will honor local veterans and celebrate their service with a special Veterans Day program on Friday, November 7th at 1:15 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Students, staff, and commu...

The Geff Ruritan Club will hold its monthly all-you-can-eat, self-serve buffet breakfast on Saturday, November 8th from 7 to 9 a.m. The breakfast will feature a menu including sausage patties, scrambl...

(Pictured L to R Front: Cheyenne Duncan, Emily Spray, Parker Biggs, Alyson Williams, Bri Swartzbaugh, Abby Gill, Sydney Williams Back: Mr. Steven Clodfelter, Autumn Grisham, Chase Shelton, Aiden McDow...