Author Archives: Mark Wells

The Summer Twilight Series, a long-standing program hosted by Illinois Extension, offers a behind-the-scenes look into a variety of agriculture industries, farms, and locally owned businesses in the s...

Pearl Todd, age 93 of Dale, IL. passed away Monday, May 26, 2025 at Silver Fox Senior Living, McLeansboro, IL. Pearl was born in Paris, Illinois on February 27, 1932. She was a daughter of William Nea...

FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS SPRING SPORTS AWARDS   Wednesday night, Fairfield Community High School held an awards program honoring their outstanding athletes from the Spring Sports Sea...

FRONTIER COMMUNITY COLLEGE OFFERING IGNITE CURIOSITY SUMMER CAMPS   Frontier Community College is once again offering their Ignite Curiosity Summer Camps for area students. These camps are all ab...

WABASH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AWARDED $5,000 SAFETY GRANT FOR BALLISTIC SHIELDS In October 2024, Sheriff Derek Morgan and Jail Administrator James Sullivan attended the Illinois Counties Risk Managem...

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL SECTIONAL SCORES CLASS 1A SECTIONALS: Casey-Westfield 13, Nokomis 5 Steeleville 1, Goreville 0 Waltonville/S-V 6, Hardin Co 4 CLASS 2A SECTIONALS: DuQuoin 9, Harrisburg 2 Teu...

Donald R. White, 90, of Carmi, passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. He was born on October 7, 1934, in Burnt Prairie, Illinois, the son...

Stanford Lee Hunt, 65, of Carmi, passed away on Monday, May 26, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was born on Thursday, May 25, 1961, in Evansville, Indiana, the daughter ...

An oil well fire south of Clay City Wednesday morning resulted in the injury of one oilfield worker. The incident occurred around 9:30 on a Citation Oil Company lease located directly south of Clay Ci...

Three individuals appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Tuesday.   20-year-old Damario Heck of Fairfield pled guilty to Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Heck was placed on probation for 2...