Author Archives: Mark Wells

Samuel Rubenacker, age 82, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2024, at his residence in McLeansboro, IL. Sam was born September 25 1942, in McLeansboro, IL. He was a son of Oscar Rubenacker and Franc...

89 year old Albion resident, Ruth L. McKibben passed away at her residence in Albion, Illinois, on Thursday, December 26, 2024. Ruth was born on June 2, 1935 to Earl Mount and Edna(Mullinax) Henson. R...

Paula K. Mason, age 80, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2024 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital, McLeansboro, IL. Paula was born July 10, 1944, in McLeansboro, IL. She was a daughter of Paul Campbell an...

24-year-old Bobby Dean Garrison of Flora was arrested Thursday morning by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear on original charges of Improper Lane Usa...

Registration is now open for the Southeastern Agronomy Summit, taking place on Tuesday, January 28th, from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Edwards County Farm Bureau community room, located at 15 South 5th ...

What was intended to be a 15-minute Truth in Taxation hearing at the Carmi City Council meeting on December 17th transformed into a 45-minute appeal from citizens opposing a proposed 12% increase in t...

Sixteen years after the initial deadline, Homeland Security announces that REAL ID will become mandatory next year. A REAL ID is a driver's license that permits you to board domestic flights in the U....

The Eastern Illinois Foodbank will be visiting Clay County on Monday, January 13th, to provide food for families experiencing food insecurity. Attendees are encouraged to bring boxes or bags for trans...

The U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention says Whooping cough cases in the U.S. have surged to their highest level since 2014, with over 32,000 cases reported through mid-December-an increas...

The Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and hundreds of local law enforcement agencies around the state are continuing the national "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campa...