Author Archives: Mark Wells

The New Hope School District Board of Education will meet Wednesday, July 16th at 7pm. The meeting will cover a range of topics, including approval of the consent agenda, financial reports, and upcomi...

The Fairfield Coin Club will hold its next meeting tomorrow ( Sunday) at Frontier Community College. Doors will open at 9:00 a.m., with the club meeting and coin auction beginning at 1:30 p.m. The eve...

The Grayville Senior Center is inviting the community to its upcoming Fish Fry event scheduled for this (Saturday) afternoon. The event will be held at the center, located at 212 East North Street, Gr...

FRIDAY'S SCOREBOARD MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Atlanta 6 St. Louis 5 New York Yankees 11 Chicago Cubs 0 Cleveland 4 Chicago White Sox 2 (G1) Chicago White Sox 5 Cleveland 4 (Final 11 innings, G2) Baltimor...

Clark James Ewing, 19, of Fairfield, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at his home. He was born on September 19, 2005, in Fairfield, IL, to Lawrence Ewing and Ashley (Lowe) Lord. Clark never met a...

Phyllis D. (Poole) Mitchell, 80, of Carmi, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 11, 2025. She was born September 12, 1944, in Herald, Illinois, the daughter of Woodrow and Wilma (Creek) Poole. Phyll...

Phyllis Irene Parr, 90, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at her home in Dahlgren. Phyllis was born in Lima, Ohio on October 22, 1934 to parents Elmer and Ruth Harter. On August 2, 1952, she marr...

An autopsy is scheduled next week to determine the cause of death for a Fairfield teenager found dead at his home. 19-year-old Clark James Ewing was discovered deceased just after 4:30 Tuesday afterno...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies and EMS personnel respopnded to a one-vehicle accident around 1:30 Thursday afternoon at 1838 US Rt 45 just north of Cisne. Deputies say a 2012 Ford Fiesta driven by 25...

The Wayne County Board met Thursday evening with 10 members present, addressing several key topics and approving multiple resolutions.   During the public comments, former board member Andy Glove...