Author Archives: Mark Wells

Trivia Night hosted at the Iuka General Baptist Church 600 Parkview Ave in Iuka will be held on Saturday, March 1st. Doors open at 5pm with trivia beginning at 5:30pm and will conclude at 8pm. Donatio...

Fairfield Mules Boys Basketball will open the Fairfield Class 2A Regional tonight at The Mule Barn against Mt. Carmel. It will also be Senior Recognition Night honoring Boys Basketball, Band and the C...

Juanita Corrine Pittman was born November 9th, 1931 to Ralph and Dorothy (Feller) McCracken in rural Wayne County Illinois. Juanita married Galen Gene Pittman on October 8th, 1952. To this union two s...

Mary Anna Haile, 91, of Belle Rive, IL went to be with her Lord and Savior at 2:57 a.m. on Friday, February 21, 2025 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro, IL. Mary was born on July 5, 1933 in ...

Robert Lee Thompson, 77, of McLeansboro, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 11:21 a.m. at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. He was born on December 18, 1947 to Millage & Edit...

Delberta May Bowen, age 67, of Clay City, Illinois, passed away Wednesday afternoon, February 19, 2025, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 5, 1957, the daughter of Dal...

The Fairfield Mules defeated Carmi 58-51 Friday night and won the Black Diamond Conference title ourright. The Mules finish the regular season 18-12 and 8-1 in the BDC. The JV Mules won 47-35 and the ...

Wayne County Sheriff Chris Otey reports the arrest of 31 year old Sarah E. Devous of Mill Shoals at approximately 9:33 p.m. Thursday. Sheriff Otey said the arrest came following a traffic stop, and oc...

  Police in Washington County, Illinois say they arrested two people following a traffic stop late Thursday night. One of those arrested was from Wayne City. Reports say the driver of the vehicle...

Some area rivers remain on the high side as of this morning. Here's the latest stages: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is above flood stage at 22.72 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay Cit...