Author Archives: Mark Wells

The Cisne Masonic Lodge will be serving pork chop and grilled chicken thigh sandwiches at the Cisne Reunion. Serving continues today and again this evening from 5:30pm to 9pm through Saturday. On Satu...

The 145th annual White County Fair continues tonight (Friday) in Carmi with the grandstand event, Pig Penning at 7pm. $10 admission. Tomorrow, the Demolition Derby at 7pm. Admission is $20 Pit/$15 Gra...

In conjunction with the upcoming Fairfield Fall Fun Fest, Pickleball Players of Wayne County will be hosting a King & Queen Of The Court Tournament, sponsored by Fairfield Save A Lot on Saturday a...

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: The St. Louis Cardinals surrendered three runs in the top of the seventh during a 6-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Busch Stadium. The Cards led by two entering the inning, but ...

Bobbie Eugene Slover, age 74, of Xenia, Illinois, passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 7, 2024, at his home. He was born December 5, 1949, in Flora, the son of Lloyd L. and Nola Jaunita (Martin) Sl...

Glenda Fern (Hutchcraft) Goforth, 82, of Decatur, IL and formerly of McLeansboro, IL left this Earth to meet her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 2, 2024 at Imboden Creek Senior Living and Rehabilita...

The Wayne County Health Department says routine mosquito testing has identified the first batch of mosquitoes positive for West Nile virus and St. Louis Encephalitis in Wayne County in 2024. The mosqu...

37-year-old Ryan Isaacs of Fairfield was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department just after 3:30 Wednesday afternoon on a charge of Defrauding Drug and Alcohol Screening tests. Isaacs was bo...

Illinois State Police arrested a St. Louis, MO man Wednesday. Just before 10 O'clock Wednesday night, troopers took into custody 35-year-old Corey Lynn King White on a warrant from Tazewell County IL ...

Illinois State Police Troop 9 Commander, Captain Nathan Douglas announces the State Police will conduct Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Fayette, Marion, Richland, and Wayne counties during Aug...