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Major League Baseball Friday: St. Louis 5 Chicago Cubs 0 Cleveland 9 Chicago White Sox 5 Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 2 Houston 5 NY Yankees 3 (10 innings) Baltimore 3 Athletics 2 Detroit 6 LA Angels 5 Mia...

The Fairfield City Council will meet Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall to address a full slate of business items ranging from proclamations and street closings to agreements with local organizations. ...

Mainly dry weather is expected for at least the next week, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. They say the region should experience typical summer weather f...

Illinois State Police are reminding motorists to pull over when approaching emergency vehicles or any vehicle with its emergency or hazard lights activated. The reminder comes after a traffic crash in...

The FDA is recalling over 12,000 packages of sugar cookies sold at Target stores, due to concerns over wood contamination in its ten-count packages of Favorite Day Bakery Frosted Sugar Cookies. Accord...

James Everett Boyd, 84, of Norris City passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Hamilton Memorial in McLeansboro, IL. James was born on September 30, 1940, at his homestead in Norris City, IL the so...

Michael R. Tipps, 64, of Fairfield, passed away at 8:10pm on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at his home in Geff, IL. He had been an oilfield laborer for Tipps Oil in Fairfield. Mike was born on February 5,...

Jamaro J Kemmerling   Davonta Boyd   Dequan Hopkins   An additional arrest has been made in connection with the July 27th shooting that left two people dead and several others injured i...

Mason R. Thomas   Matthew T. Gaudern   The Wayne County Sheriff's Department reports two arrests made on Thursday. Mason R. Thomas, 22, of Cisne, was taken into custody on a failure to appea...

Three individuals entered guilty pleas in Wayne County Circuit Court on Thursday, facing sentencing on various charges. Richard L. Winter, 50, of Addieville, Illinois, pleaded guilty to unlawful posse...