Author Archives: Mark Wells

On Friday at approximately 3:00 PM, Fairfield Police located Amber D. Taylor, 44 of Fairfield in the 1200 block of Illinois Avenue. Taylor had a Wayne County warrant for Criminal Damage to State Suppo...

Wayne County Sheriff's Department handled a car-deer accident Saturday night just after 10:30 in the 800 block of County Highway 16 in Johnsonville. Deputies say a 2018 Chevrolet utility driven by 18-...

U.S. Representative Mike Bost announced that he will be conducting a five-stop agricultural tour across Southern Illinois in the first week of August, including events to discuss the Farm Bill, trade,...

Here's the current river stages according to the US Geological Survey. Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 22.00 feet (flood stage is at 17 ft.) . The Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a reading of...

The Wayne County Retired Teachers Association will hold their next meeting on Tuesday, August 6 , at Bob Boyles Hall on the campus of Frontier Community College in Fairfield. Lunch will be served at 1...

  Carroll Grimes, at 85 years of age, died peacefully at his residence in Mount Carmel, IL, August 4th, 2024, surrounded by family. Carroll was born in Fairfield, IL, on January 24th, 1939, to Jo...

State Senator Chapin Rose is actively working as a co-sponsor of a crucial bill that aims to reverse the $4 million decrease in funding through the Partners for Conservation Fund. This response comes ...

Illinois State Police Troop 10 responded to a multi vehicle crash with injuries Sunday afternoon just shortly after 2 O'clock on I-57 northbound at milepost 104 near Dix in Jefferson County. State Pol...

On Sunday, the Carrier Mills Police Department issued a report stating that a suspected sinkhole, possibly resulting from mine subsidence, emerged on Russell Street near Mill Street.   Chief Scot...

The annual Bone Gap Chowder is this Saturday (August, 10th) with numerous events lined up throughout the day. Tractor Pulls at 11am, Inflatables from 9am-6pm, a performance from Tristan Brock-Jones fr...