Author Archives: Mark Wells

Harvey W. Price, age 81, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2024, at Axiom Gardens Care Center in Flora. He was born April 9, 1943, in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Beatrice (Vesley...

Paul F. Birk, age 90, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Thursday morning, February 27, 2025. He was born February 3, 1935, in Belleville, the son of the late Franz and Catherine (Mueth) Birk. Paul's bro...

Boys high school basketball: The Fairfield Mules season came to an end Friday night as they lost to Teutopolis 50 to 49 in the Class 2A Regional Championship at Fairfield. OTHER REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ...

A special meeting of the Fairfield Community High School board has been set for this Wednesday night starting at 6 p.m. in the FCHS District Office. Items on the agenda under New Business include: Con...

  Media reports say two Olney residents were arrested after allegedly sending marijuana with a five-year-old child to preschool. Officials with the Olney Police Department say they received a com...

  Flora police report the arrest of a Flora resident earlier this week following an investigation of a complaint of an individual harassing minors by electronic means. Reports out of Clay County ...

Area rivers are below flood stage this morning. The latest stages: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 13.47 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the reading is 8.64 feet. Flood stage is...

  Later this month will mark the 100th anniversary of the Tri State Tornado of 1925 that struck southeast Illinois,as well as parts of southeast Missouri, and southwest Indiana. The tornado struc...

Jeremy L. Tucker has been appointed a new defense attorney as he continues his efforts to withdraw his guilty plea in connection to the death of 15-year-old RE Carter. Tucker, 49, of Fairfield, is cur...

Former Fairfield physician, Dr. Kyle C. Kakac, has been appointed as the Medical Director of Skilled Care, Medical/Surgical, and Intensive Care Units at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. In addition to the...