Author Archives: Mark Wells

TODAY AT FCHS Center Street Track @ The Trainyard 4pm Fairfield Lady Mules Softball @ Mt. Carmel 4:30pm GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES FROM SATURDAY VARSITY: Fairfield 10 NCOE 0 5 innings JV: Fairf...

82 year old Wayne City resident, Louis Charles "Louie" Peck passed away Friday morning at the Skilled Care Unit of Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Louis was born January 17, 1943 in Pine Ridge, SD to Gib...

Carey "Fuzz" Rose, 62, of Springerton, IL passed away on Friday, March 28, 2025 at his home. He was a true believer in our Lord & Savior. He was the son of the late Curtis Rose & Brenda Waggon...

The Spring Fling at Southwest Park in Fairfield scheduled for today has been postponed due to the expected weather conditios.\ Men's college basketball Friday, NCAA Tournament: Tennessee 78 Kentucky 6...

The southern Illinois area has a pretty good chance for severe weather later Sunday afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. Their latest thinking is that...

At least one person is dead and five others injured in two separate accidents that occurred Friday on Interstate 64 in Jefferson and Washington counties. State police say the first accident occurred s...

The Illinois State Police welcomed 32 new troopers Friday from Cadet Class 149 at a graduation ceremony at the Illinois State Police Academy in Springfield. The new troopers will report to all ten of ...

The Powerball jackpot is up to an estimated $515 million for tonight's drawing, the highest so far this year. No one matched the six numbers drawn Wednesday night, resulting in tonight's jackpot. The ...

Several guilty pleas were handed down in Wayne County Circuit Court recently. Fairfield resident, 39-year-old Christopher Hanlon appeared in Wayne County Circuit last Thursday before Judge, Matt Vaugh...

Former Wayne City Police Chief Anson Fenton is scheduled to change his plea on Monday regarding charges of improperly forfeiting vehicles for personal benefit.   Judge Stephen P. McGlynn announce...