Author Archives: Mark Wells

  The 16th annual Wayne County Antique Tractor Drive will be held on Labor Day, Monday, September 2nd. All tractors that are model year 1994 or earlier (30 years of age or older) are welcome to p...

A Food Sanitation and Safety Certification Course is being offered by Olney Central College. The course is scheduled from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Monday, July 29th and Tuesday, July 30th. Participants w...

  Illinois State Troop 9 units responded to a property damage crash involving a motorcycle Thursday afternoon just after 2:30 in I-64 EB near Milepost 98.5 in Wayne County. The motorcycle was tra...

The Fairfield Community High School Board of Education met for their monthly meeting last (Thursday) night. The Board approved the following items:   2024-2025 Teacher Handbook 2024-2025 District...

The Edwards County Unit School District has set the registration dates for the upcoming 2024/25 school year. For K-12 and West Salem Grade School, online registration begins today (Friday, July 19th)....

Dates have been set for Integrity Elite Volleyball High School open gyms. The dates are this (Friday) evening from 6pm to 7:30 pm and Saturday, July 27th from 9am to 10:30am. Open gym sessions will be...

  The Fairfield Park District has announced another FREE swim day this (Friday) afternoon. This event is sponsored by Recreated Health and will be held from 1pm to 5pm this afternoon.

The Clay County Fair is set to begin today starting at 4 pm with the 4-H BBQ at the REA building. Following this, gates will open at 5:30 pm for the Crain Scates Bucking Bulls Rodeo, hosted by the Cla...

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: The St. Louis Cardinals return from the All-Star Break with a game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta.. The Cardinals are in second place in the NL Central at 50-and-46 and t...

Leon Hale, 92, of Carmi, passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. He was born on February 25, 1932, in Heralds Prairie Township, Illinois, the son of William Henry and M...