Author Archives: Mark Wells
FAIRFIELD VETERANS DAY SERVICE SET FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH
The Fairfield Veterans Day Service is set for Monday, November 11th and the featured speaker at this years service at Maple Hill Cemetery in Fairfield will be Marine veteran, Gary Locke. Gary L...
Nov 04, 2024
UTILITY ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR LOW-INCOME ILLINOIS RESIDENTS
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is now accepting applications for all households which started Friday, November 1st. This program provides financial assistance for utility bills...
Nov 04, 2024
AS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDED, A REMINDER TO BE SURE AND CHECK TO SEE IF YOUR SMOKE, CO ALARMS ARE WORKING
We fell back this weekend as daylight saving time ended Sunday at 2am, so this serves as a reminder according to the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal and the Illinois Department of Public Hea...
Nov 04, 2024
EARLY VOTING CONTINUES TODAY (MONDAY) IN WAYNE AND EDWARDS COUNTY
Early voting continues today (Monday) at both the Wayne County and Edwards County Clerk's Offices. In Wayne County, today from 8am to 6pm. In Edwards County, today 8 am to 4 pm. For those who h...
Nov 04, 2024
SPORTS FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH
SATURDAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SCORES CLASS 3A: Greenville 48, Fairfield 6 (The Mules end their season at 6-4) CLASS 1A GAMES: Camp Point 34, Nokomis 6 Casey-Westfield 39, Jacksonville Routt 21...
Nov 04, 2024
Christina Diane Cook, age 63, of Xenia
Christina Diane Cook, age 63, of Xenia Illinois, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2024, at her home. Chris was born on September 5, 1961, in Flora, to Charles Everett and Sue (Mattox) Spitzner. On Ne...
Nov 03, 2024
Sports Info from Friday, November 1st
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Fairfield Mules (6-3) travel to Greenville (8-1) Saturday to take on the Comets at 2pm in the first round of the Class 3A Football Playoffs. You can listen to Mules Foot...
Nov 02, 2024
Drought Increasing and Rivers Info
Drought conditions are increasing in Illinois and the Midwest, although southern Illinois did receive some beneficial rainfall on Thursday. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map from Thursday, prior to ...
Nov 02, 2024
Meth Found Following Vehicle Chase in Carmi
A police chase Thursday morning resulted in the discovery of suspected methamphetamine items. News reports say White County Sheriff's deputies noticed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of spee...
Nov 02, 2024
Ameren Illinois Power Outage
Several customers of Ameren Illinois were without power Friday morning. The outage was blamed on equipment malfunctions and affected customers in several southern Illinois cities, including Wes...
Nov 02, 2024