Author Archives: Mark Wells

June Mewes passed away on August 9, 2024, at Newburgh IN. Glenna June Gray Mewes was born on June 7, 1937 to James Chet and Mildred Edge Gray in Edwards County, IL. She married Kenneth 'Kenny' Mewes o...

Wayne County Sheriff's Department and Illinois State Police responded to a residence North of Keenes Sunday night at approximately 8:20 on a report of a subject firing numerous rounds inside the resid...

62-year-old Timothy Hutcheson of Fairfield was arrested by Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies Saturday night on numerous charges. Just after 7 o'clock, deputies responded to a possible fight in progress ...

On Saturday night, an earthquake occurred near Enfield adding to the unusual seismic activity experienced in Illinois and Missouri this year. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed that ...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a one vehicle crash early Sunday morning just 1 o'clock Southwest of Fairfield at 1682 County Road 800N in Big Mound Township. Deputies says a 2013 Chevrol...

On Friday, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced $15 million in funding for 33 organizations across Illinois through the Job Training a...

Illinois public schools now have access to state-provided resource guides to educate students about the dangers of overdoses and substance use disorder, following a law passed in 2023. The Illinois St...

Sunday at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, 5 members of the 5-county Illinois Extension of 4-H involving the counties of Edwards, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash and Wayne were inducted into the 4-H...

Richard Lee Rice, age 84, of Xenia, Illinois, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2024, at Flora Rehabilitation & Healthcare. He was born July 30, 1940, in Flora, the son of John K. and Erma (McAvoy) R...

Gibson County Indiana deputies arrested a Bluford woman on drug-related charges early Friday morning.   At approximately 2 a.m., officers stopped 39-year-old Jessica Popplewell from Bluford, Illi...