Author Archives: Mark Wells

****Per the Edwards County Sheriff's Department, Karen Sager has been located and is safe*** Edwards County authorities and Illinois State Police continue to search for a West Salem woman, Karen Sager...

Boys Track Friday, at the Newton Eagle Invite: Top Mules performers were: Eric Locke, 2nd in the discus, and Justin Johnson, 2nd in the 400m. As a team, Fairfield finished 6th with a score of 47. Char...

The Fairfield Grade School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, May 6th. The meeting is set to take place in the Center Street School Boardroom and will begin with a cal...

29-year-old James McFarland of Grayville was lodged in the White County Jail at Carmi following a chase Thursday night in Carmi. Reports said police caught up with McFarland a little after 11 p.m. Thu...

A Mt. Carmel, Illinois family is pleading for the return of a firefighter's ashes they say were stolen from his home along with other personal belongings. Published reports say Glen Markle's stepdaugh...

Here's the latest area river stages as of this morning: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 23.45 feet, above the 17-foot flood stage. At Clay City the stage is 14.48 feet, below the 18-fo...

A crash that occurred earlier this week in central Illinois, killing four children including one teenager, may have been caused by a medical emergency. Authorities say the crash happened Thursday in C...

James Richard Guy, 89 of Fairfield, passed away at 2:25 AM, Friday, April 25, 2025, at Fairfield Memorial Hospitals Skilled Care Unit. Born in Fairfield on September 6, 1935, to James H. and Pruilla (...

Kenneth E. Harris, 89, of Olney, IL, passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2025 at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Kenneth was born October 31, 1935 in Keenes, IL, the son of Victor...

  36-year-old Aydreian Hooper of Fairfield was sentenced to 10 years in prison this morning in Wayne County Circuit Court for the July 14th, 2024 hot car death of her son and the serious injury o...