Author Archives: Mark Wells

Leo Doty, 90, of Fairfield passed away at 11:42AM on Friday November 15, 2024, at his home. He retired from Airtex and was a Vetera of the US Army serving during the Korean War. Leo was born in Wayne ...

Ronald Eugene Guthrie, 47, of Carmi, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2024. He was born on August 19, 1977, in Carmi, Illinois, the son of Ronald Gene and Patricia Ann (Stacy) Guthrie. Ronald pro...

Alice Marie Marshel, 93, of Fairfield passed away at 2:51AM on Friday November 15, 2024, at her home. She had worked for Dr Marks at the Fairfield Medical Center for 17 years. Alice was born in Toledo...

Grade School Basketball scores from the Summersville Shootout: Boys games: Wayne City 47 Smithton 25 Jasper 41 New Horizon 39 Flora 48 Aviston 22 Murphysboro 41 Marion 37 Girls game: Aviston 52 Olney ...

The next regular meeting of the Center Street Grade School Board of Education is set for Monday. Items on the board agenda include various reports, along with a Tentative Tax Levy, a Property Tax Reli...

The New Hope Grade School Board is set to meet this Tuesday night beginning at 6 p.m. Items appearing on their agenda under the Superintendent's Report include a Property Tax Relief Grant, the IL Repo...

Carmi police report two arrests made earlier this week. This past Monday they say they investigated an incident at the Stewart Street apartment complex, which led to the arrest of 25 year old Ethyn Hi...

Published reports say the Hamilton and White County Senior Citizen's Centers will be forced to cut back on days they will be open starting December 1st due to inadequate funding. According to a news r...

Area river stages remain on the low side despite rainfall in the region in recent days. Here's the latest stages as of this morning: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 7.39 feet,below the...

Cathy Bevis, a beautiful lady known for her sweet personality and friendly smile, succumbed to congestive heart failure at 7:57PM Wednesday, November 13, 2024, surrounded by her family in Room 318 at ...