Author Archives: Mark Wells

LOCAL SPORTS SCORES FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS Lady Mules JV Volleyball at Carterville Tournament Cross Country @ Olney Invitational OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY HIGH SC...

  Fairfield's annual Fall Fun Fest wraps up today with the full day of activities. A Community Breakfast will be served from 6:30 to 9:30 this morning at the Masonic Lodge. The Fall Fun Fest Rib ...

The Fairfield Community High School Board of Education will meet Monday night at 6:00 p.m. in the FCHS Study Hall. The evening will open with a budget hearing to allow for public comment on the Fiscal...

The Center Street School Board will meet in regular session on Monday at 6pm in the boardroom at Center Street School. The evening will begin with a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, duri...

Fairfield Community High School has announced its 2025 Homecoming Court. Attendants include freshmen Bentli Belva and Sylvia Ward; sophomores Reagan Jackson and Kamdyn Miller; and juniors Macie Edward...

  The southern Illinois area has been under drought conditions for a couple of weeks now. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map, released Thursday, now shows western Wayne County and areas to the s...

A Mt. Vernon, IL school bus driver is being credited for helping to save the life of a student earlier this week during her route in Mt. Vernon, IL. Reports say Jennifer Langston, a driver for Durham ...

Thursday around 5:00 p.m., Wayne County Deputies stopped a vehicle near Sims after observing that the license plates did not match the vehicle. The driver, Wayne L. Davis, 58, of Mount Carmel consente...

Betty J. Wagner, 100, of Carmi passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at her residence in Carmi. She was born on December 21, 1924, the daughter of Dolph and Clara Bell (McCarthy) Beasley. Betty...

Mildred Iladene Masterson, 91, of Fairfield, Illinois, peacefully passed away at her home on September 18, 2025. Mildred was born on October 28, 1933, in Overton County, Allons, Tennessee to Sarah Ber...