Author Archives: Mark Wells

FAIRFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPONSORING SECOND SATURDAY EVENT THIS WEEKEND
The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce will be holding a Second Saturday event on Saturday, August 10th from 11am to 4pm on the parking lot east of the Fairfield Post Office on East Delaware St. The event ...
Mark Wells Aug 08, 2024

WHITE COUNTY FAIR UNDERWAY IN CARMI, TONIGHTS (THURSDAY) LINEUP
The 145th annual White County Fair continues tonight (Thursday) in Carmi with Motocross at 6:30 pm. $10 admission OR Pit Armband. Tomorrow night (Friday): Pig Penning at 7pm. $10 admission. &nb...
Mark Wells Aug 08, 2024

WAYNE COUNTY BOARD SET TO MEET TONIGHT (THURSDAY)
The Wayne County Board is set to meet for their regular monthly meeting tonight (Thursday) upstairs at the Wayne County Courthouse. Some items on the agenda include; Jill Short from the Wayne County H...
Mark Wells Aug 08, 2024

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATES OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN POPE COUNTY
Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 was requested by the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to investigate an officer involved shooting. Tuesday at approxim...
Mark Wells Aug 08, 2024
Nikolas Heath Brown, 28, of Carmi
Nikolas Heath Brown, 28, of Carmi, Illinois, died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. He was born July 21, 1996, in Evansville, Indiana, the son of Stacey and Michelle (Zenner) Brown. ...
Mark Wells Aug 07, 2024

MT VERNON MAN ARRESTED FOR OP VIOLATION
39-year-old Jeremy Severs of Mt. Vernon was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department Tuesday afternoon on a Wayne County Warrant on a charge of Violation of Order of Protection. Severs was tr...
Mark Wells Aug 07, 2024

FAIRFIELD RESIDENT ARRESTED TUESDAY NIGHT ON A DOMESTIC BATTERY CHARGE
Fairfield Police arrested 49-year-old Chad Joslin of Fairfield just before 9 o'clock Tuesday night on a charge of Domestic Battery. Joslin was transported and lodged in the Wayne County Jail awaiting ...
Mark Wells Aug 07, 2024

MUSGRAVE PLEADS GUILTY TO VIOLATION OF PROBATION ORDER
In Wayne County Circuit Court Tuesday, 55-year-old Quentin Musgrave of Fairfield pled guilty to a Violation of Probation Order on an original charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine dating ba...
Mark Wells Aug 07, 2024

FCHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, FCHS CLASS OF 1974 HOSTING GOLF TOURNAMENT
The FCHS Class of 1974 will be hosting a golf tournament on Saturday morning, October 5th at the Fairfield Public Golf Course. Event begins at 7:45 for Shotgun Start at 8am and open to everyone includ...
Mark Wells Aug 07, 2024

FAIRFIELD PARK DISTRICT BOARD MEETING SET FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH
The Fairfield Park District Board is set to meet for their August meeting Thursday evening. Items on the agenda include; approval of the July minutes and bills, reports from the Park Superintendent, R...
Mark Wells Aug 07, 2024