Author Archives: Mark Wells

Parents of Hamilton County children who will be five years of age on or before September 1st are reminded that the Dahlgren and East Side Kindergarten Sign Up will be held on Thursday, Feburary 6th fr...

Join the White County Farm Bureau Young Leaders as they host "At the Movies" Trivia Night on Friday, February 7th. The event will be held at Gottzz's Restaurant in Carmi at 7:00 p.m. This year's event...

Wayne County Circuit Clerk, Georgiana Fletcher has announced that Jury Panel 01 will need to appear at the Wayne County Courthouse for a Jury Trial today (Monday). All jurors are asked to arrived at t...

State Representative Dave Severin (R-Benton) has announced his appointment to several key committees for the 104th General Assembly. He will serve as a regular member of the House Mental Health & ...

Fairfield Lady Mules Basketball tonight at the Mule Barn on Jed Foster Court as it will be Senior Night. The Lady Mules take on Eldorado with tip-off set for 6pm Congratulations goes out to the New Ho...

Longtime local businessman, Ronald Gene Kingery, 80, of McLeansboro, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, February 1, 2025. Ron was born on Sunday, June 18, 1944...

Chris C. Brown, 70, of Carmi passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, January 31, 2025. He was born in Carmi on June 4, 1954 the son of Johnny Leroy and Verla Maxine (Kiefer) Brown. ...

Opal Parish, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great- grandmother, passed peacefully in her sleep at the age of 103 on January 31, 2025. Opal was a lifelong resident of Fl...

Bobbie Lane Gragert, 87, of Norris City, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at Wabash Senior Living in Carmi. He was born on March 19, 1937, in Xenia, Illinois, the son of Ernie and Nina (Lan...

Boys high school basketball Friday: Agape Christian 54, Century 48 Benton 65, DuQuoin 38 Breese Central 65, Roxana 36 Breese Mater Dei 44, Teutopolis 42 Carbondale 55, Cahokia 41 Carlyle 68, Sparta 58...