Author Archives: Mark Wells

  The Edwards County Farm Bureau Foundation recently announced their 2025 Vocational & Trades Scholarship winners. This year $6,000 was awarded in scholarship funds to four individuals.  ...

Relay For Life of Hamilton/Wayne/White Counties will host a Survivor Brunch honoring cancer survivors on Saturday, April 26th, at 10am at Christian Chapel Church in McLeansboro.   "We welcome sur...

The Illinois Supreme Court is rejecting a challenge by state Republicans over Illinois' legislative map. House GOP members filed a lawsuit in January asking the state's high court to declare the Democ...

TODAY AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Mules Baseball & Lady Mules Softball at home with Edwards Co. 4:30pm Boys Tennis vs Newton 4pm Lakeside Park Boys Track at Webber 3pm Center St Track at The Train Ya...

Steven Lee Daniel, 78, of Grayville, passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at Wabash General Hospital in Mt. Carmel. He was born on Monday, December 9, 1946, in Louisville, KY a son of Louis Walker an...

The Fairfield City Council met with a light agenda last (Tuesday) night at Fairfield City Hall. A public hearing was held prior to the regular meeting to open bids for the sale of property on NE 7th S...

40-year-old Cody L. Massie of Fairfield appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Tuesday and pled guilty to a charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Massie was sentenced to eighteen months of...

The National Weather Service in Paducah says major river flooding continues across the region as water from last week's storms is working its way from smaller creeks and streams into larger rivers and...

Following a two-day trial in Federal Court at East St. Louis,, a jury has found a Centralia man guilty on federal charges for distributing cocaine and fentanyl in Marion County.   36-year-old Bro...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is partnering with the Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies to kick off Distracted Driving Awareness Month, urging drivers to stay focused...