Author Archives: Mark Wells

Wayne County Sheriff's Department arrested a Fairfield woman Wednesday night. Deputies say 37-year-old Abby Koontz was taken into custody around 8 o'clock at a rural Fairfield residence on charges of ...

Frontier Community College has awarded three separate scholarships. Earl Pottorff Memorial Scholars Named: Two Frontier Community College Electrical Distribution Systems students Caleb Hardy, from Opd...

(Pictured left to right) Kadence Smith and Claire Cannon   On Wednesday, (November 6th) Cisne FFA members Kadence Smith and Claire Cannon competed in the District V Job Interview Leadership Devel...

The Barbwire Grill which was destroyed by fire in June, is set to reopen soon in Fairfield. Owner Mandy Bell will be relocating the restaurant to the former Flat Iron Grill location at Westport Plaza....

The Frontier Community College's Cultural Diversity Class will be having a porkburger sale this Saturday (November 9th) on the Save-A-Lot parking lot from 9:30am until 1pm. Cost is $4 and all proceeds...

Jurors in the racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan are hearing more and more secret FBI recordings. Madigan allies could be heard discussing the need to keep the former ...

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TONIGHT (THURSDAY): CLASS 1A SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT COBDEN: Edwards County vs NCOE at 6pm CLASS 2A SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT FAIRFIELD: Carmi White County vs Newton at 6pm JR...

The second installment of the Wayne County property tax bills is due this Friday, November 8th. Wayne County tax bills may be paid in the Treasurer's office through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p....

A Cisne woman, 48-year-old Jenny Brown pled guilty in Wayne County Circuit to the charge of Reckless Driving. Brown was placed on 18 months of court supervision and ordered to pay court costs.

In the latest USDA Illinois Crop Progress Report released yesterday (Tuesday), it was noted that there were an average of 5.7 days suitable for fieldwork in Illinois last week. The statewide average t...