Author Archives: Mark Wells

The City of Fairfield will host their fireworks display tonight (Thursday) at Southwest Park. The event runs from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with fireworks to follow at dark. Families can enjoy a wide va...

  The 6th Annual Dahlgren Spark in the Park Freedom Festival, scheduled for Saturday. The event will take place at Dahlgren Park, located at 509 W. Whited Street, starting at 5:30 p.m. and runnin...

Area residents are invited to beat the summer heat and celebrate Independence Day with a splash at the Fairfield Public Pool. A free swim event will take place on the Fourth of July from 1 to 5 p.m., ...

Gas prices could be lower heading into the 4th of July holiday. A petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, Patrick DeHaan notes that gas prices in the US are lower due to a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. In...

WEDNESDAY'S SCOREBOARD MLB American League: Tampa Bay Rays 6, The Athletics 5 Toronto Blue Jays 11, New York Yankees 9 Texas Rangers 6, Baltimore Orioles 0 Seattle Mariners 3, Kansas City Royals 2 MLB...

Mabel Irene (Weasel) Browning passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at Wabash Senior Living and Rehabilitation in Carmi, Illinois. She was born on July 17, 1932, in Enfield, Illinois, the d...

MaDonna Lea Holloway, 91 of Flora peacefully passed away Monday, June 30th at Axion Healthcare, Flora, IL. She was born September 12, 1933 to parents Herman and Nellie Jones of Iola, IL. She married R...

Jamie L. Vaughan Marshall L. Garrison In coordinated operations on Tuesday, local law enforcement agencies arrested two Fairfield men-Jamie L. Vaughan and Marshall L. Garrison-on multiple charges, inc...

Several individuals appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court on Tuesday, resulting in a series of guilty pleas and sentencing decisions. Dorothy Brown, 41, of Fairfield, pled guilty to Unlawful Possessi...

The Illinois Secretary of State's office is awarding nearly $20 million in grant funding to libraries across the state to help ensure all Illinois residents have access to quality resources and progra...