Author Archives: Mark Wells

Area river stages as of this morning are as follows: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 3.98 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the stage is 3.68 feet. Flood stage is 18 feet. At ...

WLC Management Firm, LLC has announced its acquisition of Aperion Care Fairfield, with the transition to new ownership starting on November 1st. The facility will be rebranded as Fairfield Senior Livi...

The Albion Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire just a little after 11:30 Friday morning in Golden Gate. Albion Fire Chief, Danny Iverson says it was a single wide trailer that was prett...

Wayne City High School Senior, Kallee Seymour has won the DAR Good Citizen Award. Wayne City High School Counselor, Jenna Talbert says this award is given to a senior who exhibits dependability, servi...

Mary Geralyn Roesch, 72, of Centralia, IL passed away on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. She was born on July 31, 1952 in Dahlgren, IL to Anton & Salome...

Donna Turner, 89 of Fairfield, passed away at 3:35 AM, Friday, October 25, 2024, at her home. Born on September 11, 1935, in Geff, IL to Orlando and Lella (Lamont) Clevenger she married Jimmy Joe Turn...

Corwin Wayne Ward, 61, of Mill Shoals, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2024, at Wabash General Hospital in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. He was born on November 4, 1962, in Wood River, Illinois, the son of...

A man from Rinard, 40-year-old Cody L. Cook, has been arrested on multiple methamphetamine and firearms charges while awaiting sentencing for previous drug and gun offenses in Wayne and Clay Counties....

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is set to relocate two of its newest surgical providers, General Surgeon Dr. Lauren Williams and Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Kory Blank, from their current offices in the new $2...

74-year-old Grayville resident, Thomas Collins was sentenced in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday. Collins pled guilty to Aggravated DUI, a Class 4 felony. Collins was placed on two years probation ...