Author Archives: Mark Wells

Gloria Garner, age 83, of Wayne City, IL, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2026 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on January 22, 1943 in Laredo, TX to Frank Lopez and Belia Medina. Gl...

LOCAL SPORTS FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH   ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Lady Mules Softball vs. Woodlawn at the FCHS Spring Swing Tournament at Southwest Park 10:00   OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TO...

After a cool start to the weekend, a warmup is expected to begin next week, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. They say rain chances should move back into t...

House committee members advanced parts of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's legislative agenda this week, though in many cases lawmakers did concede that they would need to amend their bills to gain b...

  Michelle Wiseman, Edwards County High School Agriculture Teacher and FFA Advisor, participated in a three-day advocacy event as part of hundreds of career and technical education (CTE) professi...

  ProTek Fiber is undertaking a major infrastructure project to install 700 miles of fiber, delivering direct fiber-to-the-home service for more than 10,000 households, farms, businesses, and com...

On Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court, Lake Bittles, 24, of Sims, admitted to violating a previous two-year probation order stemming from a 2023 charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. J...

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department arrested 65-year-old Marvin D. Legg on Thursday afternoon on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear and Contempt of Court. Later that day, Legg was sentence...

Area communities and youth are encouraged to attend a special worship event to be held this Sunday, March 29th at 6pm at The Bridge Church, located on IL Hwy 15 west of Fairfield. Webber High School S...

In response to higher-than-normal natural gas bills due to recent extreme cold and rising gas prices, the Village of Cisne will not charge penalties on March gas bills, according to Village Collector ...