Author Archives: Mark Wells

Today (Thursday) is Miracle Treat Day at most all area and regional Dairy Queen restaurants where at least one dollar or more from the purchase of every Blizzard Treat sold will be donated to the near...

Illinois State Police Troop 9 along with Farina EMS personnel and the Clay County Sheriff's Department responded yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at approximately 5:18 pm to a report of a motorcycle ac...

Following a weeklong trial in White County Circuit Court, a Crossville resident. 54-year-old Emmit Connely has been convicted by a jury on one count of Criminal Sexual Assault of a family member under...

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,...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has recently reported sightings of black bears in four Southern Illinois counties. While these sightings are uncommon in the state, there is a possibility ...

Here's the current river stages according to the US Geological Survey. Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 18.94 feet (flood stage is at 17 ft.) . Meanwhile, the Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a...

Illinois 4-H volunteers empower and prepare youth for success as the program relies on its more than 6,000 volunteers to fill key leadership and mentoring roles. Lisa Simpson a volunteer and former Ex...

As part of the Edwards County Fair, the Poultry Show will be held tonight at 5:30 at the Edwards County Fairgrounds. Tomorrow night (Friday) will be the Equine Show at 6pm. The fair is set to kick off...

  The Wayne County Soil and Water District Fall Fish Sale is set up for Delivery on Wednesday, September 12th. Grass carp deadline is Thursday, August 29th. All other fish orders due on Thursday,...

The Clay County Fair in Flora continues today (Thursday) with events starting at 9 am with the Open Dairy Show, followed by the 4-H Dog and Cat Show. Joni's Power & Grace Tumbling will take the st...