Author Archives: Mark Wells

Fairfield Community High School held their scrimmage Friday night for the athletes in swimming, tennis, cross country and volleyball, giving the public a chance to view the new remodeling updates in t...

Area rivers remain on the low side with the recent run of dry weather the region has been experiencing. Here's the latest stages as of this morning: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 4.78 fe...

A Mt. Vernon, IL man is in jail, accused of pointing a gun at another person in Mt. Vernon earlier this week. Media reports say the Mt. Vernon Police Department posted information on their Facebook pa...

The DuQuoin State Fair is underway. Activities began Friday and will run through Monday, September 2nd, which is Labor Day. This year's theme is "It's Showtime!". Entertainment at the grandstand start...

Sandra Louise Hudgins, age 69, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2024. She was born January 14, 1955, in Chicago Heights, the daughter of Daley and Thelma (Kilman) McGrew. She was u...

A boil water order has been issued for ALL of East Section Line Road in Wayne City until further notice. Water Superintendent, Kris Shreve says this is due to a new water main break in this area. Plea...

Mark Allen Hoy, 51, of Carmi, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2024. He was born on October 5, 1972, in Morris, Illinois, the son of Gerald Dean and Maureen (Allen) Hoy. Mark graduated from Carmi Chr...

Wayne County Circuit Court handed down several guilty pleas Thursday. 32-year-old Kendra Harrison of Fairfield pled guilty to a charge of Domestic Battery. Harrison was sentenced to one year of Condit...

Fairfield Police arrested a Fairfield man on three outstanding warrants. Just after 4 o'clock this (Friday) morning, 33-year-old Steven Michael Thomas was arrested by police on a Wayne County warrant ...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies Thursday afternoon arrested 51-year-old Christopher Brinkmeier of Benton on a Wayne County warrant for Aggravated Home Repair Fraud. Brinkmeier was transported and book...