Author Archives: Mark Wells

Republic Trash will be on a one day delay this week for the Village of Wayne City due to the New Year's holiday.   Residents need to have their trash cans set out by 5am this Saturday, January 4t...

SCORES FROM THE MERRY MULE GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SATURDAY: Lawrenceville 62, Murphysboro 41 Fairfield 57, Webber 13 Newton 64, Woodlawn 41 Mt. Carmel JV 46, Wayne City 32 Flora 39, North Clay 27...

Jerry Franklin Schnicker, 77, of Dahlgren, IL went home to be with the Lord at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, IN surrounded by his family. Jerry was born on October 19, 1947 in Dahlgren, IL t...

Phyllis K. Wilson, 80, of Carmi passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024. She was born in DuQuoin, IL on October 29, 1944, the daughter of William Eugene "Gene" and Clara Elizabeth (Keen) Sensel. Phyl...

  Customers of Sparklight in the Fairfield area were without internet services for several hours Friday. The outage began sometime late Friday morning after 10 a.m. and continued into the late ev...

The city of Fairfield's Tax Increment Financing Committee/Business District Committee has announced a Tax Increment Financing Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 4:30...

Health officials say the number of flu and COVID 19 cases are on the rise as the flu season kicks into high gear. Reports indicate the number of COVID cases in the past few weeks in the region have ne...

Mt. Carmel police report the arrest of two Mt. Carmel residents Christmas Day after a traffic stop. Reports say 56 year old Phillip W. Farrar was arrested on a Wabash County Warrant for Failure to App...

Franklin County Sheriff's Office deputies made arrests Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on drug charges following traffic stops. 46 year old Nancy Lingle of Benton, Illinois, was taken into custody aft...

SCORES FROM THE MERRY MULE GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FRIDAY Woodlawn 32, Fairfield 26 Newton 67, Murphysboro 24 Woodlawn 59, Lawrenceville 41 Webber 54, Murphysboro 40 Fairfield 52, Lawrenceville 20...