Author Archives: Mark Wells

With the 2025 baseball season drawing closer, the annual St. Louis Cardinals Caravan will be making stops in the area with the Caravan being the best way for fans outside of St. Louis to get up close ...

The IAA Foundation is offering over $210,000 in scholarships for agriculture students this year. Eligible applicants include agriculture students, as well as members of the Illinois Farm Bureau, their...

The Wayne County Democratic Party will have their first meeting for 2025 Wednesday, January 15th at a new time & location. The meeting will be held in the Wayne County Courthouse Boardroom at 6pm....

The public voting period for the Illinois state flag redesign contest has officially begun and will run until February 14th. Illinois residents are invited to cast their votes for one of the Illinois ...

    Illinois Eastern Community College and the Terry L. Bruce West Richland Center in Noble is offering a free Microsoft Excel training session for beginners on January 31st, from 9:00 AM to...

The WEAA Tournament opening round scheduled for tonight Monday (January 13th) has been postponed until Tuesday (January 14th). After two separate postponements due to weather, the Midland Trail Confer...

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John Howard Block Sr, 102, passed away at 7:51AM on Friday January 10, 2025, at Cisne Rehab. He was born in Cisne on December 10, 1922, to Benjamin and Mildred (Miller) Block. John was a farmer, steel...

Sports postponements and cancellatios: Cisne High School Boys Basketball games postponed the rest of this week include; Saturday, January 11th vs Sandoval postponed until February 1st at 2pm. The Clot...

Residents continue digging out from Friday's snowfall, which amounted to around 6 to 7 inches in Fairfield, one of the bigger snowfall totals in the area. Friday's snowfall was the second in less than...