Author Archives: Mark Wells

Former Frontier Community College Dean of Instruction, Paul Bruinsma has pleaded guilty to a felony sex charge in Wayne County Circuit Court. On Tuesday afternoon, the 52-year-old Bruinsma of Wayne Ci...

Officials with the Illinois Department of Transportation say the north leg of the U.S. 45/Illinois 1 intersection, located just south of Norris City in White County, will be closed for approximately 1...

(front row left to right) Ava Greifzu, Antenella Cline (back row) Hagen Howard, and Kadence Hyder Cisne FFA members have recently achieved notable success across several regional competitions. On Thur...

The Illinois Secretary of State's Office has announced that the Mount Carmel DMV will close permanently on Friday, November 14th after officials were unable to reach an agreement with the landlord of ...

(Pictured L to R: Quentin Pike, Emily Spray, Carlin St. Ledger, Hayley Perry, Lydia Shelby, Aiden McDowell, Owen Lynch, Aidan Roosevelt, Cody Greathouse, Parker Biggs)   Lydia Shelby has been sel...

  The Blue Point Free Will Baptist Church, located north and west of Cisne, will hold its Annual Homecoming Services on Sunday, October 12th. The event is a celebration of the church's history an...

Texas National Guard Arrives In Illinois (Chicago, IL) -- The Texas National Guard is in Illinois. Texas National Guard troops arrived yesterday, joining the Illinois National Guard at an Army Reserve...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Girls Tennis at Carterville 4pm ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FRONTIER COLLEGE: Bobcats Volleyball at Lincoln Trail College in Robinson 6:30pm OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: HI...

Hunters Feeding Illinois is back for its fourth season, working in partnership with Feeding Illinois, Access Illinois Outdoors, Southern Illinois Food Pantry Network, and University of Illinois Extens...

The next event in the Olney Central College Theater's year-long 50th anniversary celebration is set for this Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. at the Dr. John D. Stull Performing Arts Center in Olney, on th...