Author Archives: Mark Wells

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POSTPONEMENTS: Heavy rains and strong winds postponed many football games in Southern Illinois Friday night. Games rescheduled: Fairfield at Carmi - postponed until Monday at 6:00...

Patsy J. Cooper, 87 of Fairfield, passed away at 7:53 AM, Friday, September 27, 2024, at her home. Born on November 19, 1936, in Mosquero, NM to Dallas and Kathryn (McGuire) Keller, she had worked for...

William A. Lydick, 87, of Fairfield, Illinois, died Thursday, September 26, 2024, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was born March 1, 1937, in Oklahoma, the son of Everett and H...

Rose Templeton, 96, of Carmi passed away on Friday, September 27, 2024 at Wabash Senior Living and Rehab in Carmi, IL. She was born on April 7, 1928 in Oklahoma City, OK the daughter of Edgar F. and E...

Norma A. Bonham, age 94, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2024, at her home. She was born March 2, 1930, in Xenia, the daughter of Ivan Austen and Mary Ethel (Krantz) Wildbur. S...

Eula "Faye" Erkmann, 85 of Nixa, Missouri formerly of McLeansboro born March 24, 1939, in McLeansboro, Illinois, to Herman and Velma Huffstutler, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2024, leaving behi...

Betty Sue McMahan, 86, of Golconda, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. She was born on October 12, 1937, in Bumpus Mills, Tennessee, the daughter of Joseph Earl and Lilly (Owen) M...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies along with Fire and EMS personnel responded to a two vehicle accident Thursday night on US 45 south of Fairfield and near Clayton Mobile Homes. Deputies say a 2018 Chev...

Anson Fenton, the Chief of the Wayne City Police Department, formally submitted his resignation on Tuesday morning following months of public criticism during village board meetings.   Village Cl...

Three individuals were sentenced in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday. 37-year-old, Sara Slover from Clay City pled guilty to a Burglary charge with the offense dating back to July of 2022. Slover w...