Author Archives: Mark Wells

The North Wayne Community Unit School District Board of Education will meet Wednesday at the Cisne Middle School. Items on the agenda: approval of the consent agenda that includes the approval of minu...

The Geff Ruritan Club will be having a fish fry Friday, beginning at 4:30pm at the Geff Ruritan Building. On the menu will be catfish fillets, baked beans, cole slaw, hushpuppies, dessert & drink....

The Fairfield Mules Boys basketball game with Richland County scheduled for tonight has been postponed to this Saturday, January 18th. This will be JV/Varsity only and begin at 2pm. The Fairfield Mule...

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Jeffrey Wayne Wolfe, 54, of Crossville, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2025, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was born on June 22, 1970, in Carmi, Illinois, the son of Larr...

Grace Millenbine, age 93, a resident of McLeansboro, IL. passed away at 2:34 A.M., Sunday, January 12, 2025, at Stone Bridge Memory Care, Mt. Vernon, IL. Grace was born January 8, 1932 in Dale, IL. to...

Wayne County Sheriff's Department was busy Friday handling weather related accidents. Just before 12 noon, a 2020 Dodge Ram truck driven by 28-year-old Torry Allen of Rockford, IL was westbound on I-6...

Wayne City Fire Department responded to a report of two vehicles on fire at a residence at 721 County Road 1225 East east of Wayne City Saturday afternoon just before 4:30. Wayne City Fire Chief, Scot...

An update to a previous story we recently aired, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias' office has revealed that more than 300 vanity and personalized license plates were rejected in 2024. &nb...

Illinois will be participating in the IRS Direct File service beginning January 27th. Direct File allows residents to electronically prepare and file their 2024 federal tax returns for free. Nearly tw...