Author Archives: Mark Wells

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is calling on volunteer citizen scientists to participate in its annual wild turkey brood survey, a vital effort to help monitor turkey population t...

Wayne City Fire Department and Wayne City Ambulance personnel along with Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies were called to a report of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle on the Sims road just south o...

53-year-old Brian K. Simpson of Fairfield appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday morning for a detention hearing on multiple child pornography charges. Judge Matt Vaughn presided over the pro...

A devastating fire early Thursday morning has left a Carmi family without a home and sent three people to area hospitals, including two women who were airlifted with serious injuries.   Emergency...

30-year-old Charles E. Newton of Fairfield was arrested Wednesday night by Carmi police on a White County warrant for driving on a suspended license. Newton was stopped around 10 p.m. near Main and Co...

A rural Albion man is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges following a domestic dispute at his home last Sunday that escalated into violence against responding officers. According to Edwards...

The Wayne County Historical Society will hold its next meeting on Thursday, July 17th at 6:00 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room at the Fairfield Public Library. The evening will feature guest speaker M...

The Illinois Rural Health Association (IRHA) will host its 36th Annual Educational Conference July 30th & 31st at the I-Hotel in Champaign. The Conference is an opportunity for rural healthcare ad...

THURSDAY'S SCOREBOARD MLB American League: Detroit Tigers 8, Athletics 0 Toronto Blue Jays 6, Cleveland Guardians 0 Minnesota Twins 10, Seattle Mariners 1 Tampa Bay Rays 4, Kansas City Royals 0 MLB Na...

Aaron Lee Wilkerson 36, of Dahlgren, IL. passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Aaron was born November 17, 1988 in Mt. Vernon, IL. a son of David and Mary (Whipple) Wilkerson. On December 30, 2017 he ...