Author Archives: Mark Wells

The regular July meeting of the Wayne City Board of Education took place last Thursday, July 25th. During the meeting, Jeff Taylor, from the Wayne County Sheriff's Department and the newly appointed S...

Illinois State Police arrested 25-year-old Rasheed Rudd of Mt. Vernon. Rudd was taken into custody early Saturday morning just after two o'clock on a charge of Possession of Cannabis-less than 10 gram...

Wayne County Sheriff's Department responded to a report of a one vehicle accident on US 45 at County Rd1400N near Geff Friday night. Deputies say just after 11 o'clock a 2016 Jeep SUV driven by 51-yea...

Fairfield Police arrested 24-year-old Isiah S. Shelton on Friday. Around 1:49 pm, an officer on patrol in the 300 block of Highland Avenue observed Shelton and was aware he was wanted on a Wayne Count...

Online registration for the Wayne City School District remains open. If you have NOT registered your returning student, please do so as soon as possible. In person registration is Thursday, August 1st...

Here's the current river stages according to the US Geological Survey. Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 13.12 feet (flood stage is at 17 ft.) . Meanwhile, the Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security has released its June unemployment statistics for the month of June. In Wayne County, unemployment was at 5.6%, up from 4.8% in June 2023, Edwards County...

IL Eastern Community College is announcing FAFSA Fridays in the month of August. Every Friday during the month, students may visit the Financial Aid Office on any of the four campuses to receive assis...

Former Fairfield Mules Baseball player and pitcher, Creson White who graduated in May recently signed on to continue his baseball career at TCS (The Complete Showcase) Post Grad Academy in Melissa, TX...

  The City of Fairfield has scheduled the next Large Item pickup day for this Friday, August 2nd.   Allowed Items: 1 large piece of furniture. Some examples are a regular couch, a loveseat, ...