Author Archives: Mark Wells

Melvin Morris Vaughn, 82, of Fairfield, IL passed away at 11:52 a.m. Friday September 20, 2024 at Wabash Senior Living and Rehabilitation after a long battle with dementia. Melvin was a farmer for ove...

Friday's winning Fall Fun Fest button numbers have been released. The winning numbers are #315 and #414. Prize money can be picked up from Brad Jesop at FNB Financial.

High school football scores: Johnston City 44 Fairfield 26 Mt. Carmel 30 Newton 8 Salem 42 East Alton-Wood River 8 Sesser-Valier 32 Carmi-White County 0 Mt. Vernon 45 Collinsville 21 West Frankfort 61...

For a change, several chances for rainfall are in the forecast for the southern Illinois region this weekend and into next week. The area has been quite dry the past several weeks, and according to th...

Dorothy "Dottie" Marie McGuffin, 83, of Fairfield went to join her buddies and family in Heaven at 12:18PM Thursday September 19, 2024. She had retired from Eureka, a vacuum factory, where she had bee...

The Fairfield Fall Fun Fest Committee has announced it's button winners drawn for Wednesday and Thursday. The results are listed below. Be sure to check and see if you have the winning button number f...

A Fairfield resident, 55-year-old Larry Dale Haygood was arrested Thursday afternoon by Fairfield Police on a Wayne County warrant for Criminal Damage to Property and Aggravated Assault. Haygood was t...

The Fairfield Community High School of Education met for their regular monthly meeting last (Thursday) night. A budget hearing was held proceeding the regular meeting with no public comments. The boar...

Two Fairfield residents appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday before Judge Michael Valentine. 27-year-old Gage Devers admitted in court to violating his terms of 18 months probation on an or...

The Fairfield Grade School board is considering hiring a "universal screener" for students in grades 4th-8th. This screener could be used to identify students that need support with depression and anx...