Author Archives: Mark Wells

  The Board of Education of the Fairfield Grade School District is set to meet for their regular monthly meeting Monday night in the Center Street School boardroom. Numerous items are on the agen...

    SOCCER LEAGUE SIGN-UPS IN FAIRFIELD AND ALBION: Registration is open the Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church Upward Soccer Season set to kick off September 7th. Open to ages pre-K 4...

Melba Janice Britton, age 87, of Clay City, Illinois, took her last breath, concluding a prayer surrounded by her family on Thursday morning, July 11, 2024, at her home. She was born on July 5, 1937, ...

    The Illinois Department of Agriculture has introduced new testing requirements for lactating dairy cattle taking part in livestock exhibitions across the state. This initiative aims to r...

          Two subjects reached plea agreements yesterday (Thursday) in Wayne County Circuit Court.   48-year-old Andrea Stocke of Norris City pled guilty to Unlawful Poss...

    A Mt. Vernon woman is dead following a multi-vehicle accident on Tuesday. 31-year old, Aimee Bockhol was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on northbound Route 37 near Old Salem R...

    A Vernon, IL woman was airlifted from the scene of a vehicle accident late last (Thursday) night on County HWY 16 at County RD 1600E near the Cisne curve. Wayne County Sheriff's Departme...

  Just before 2 o'clock Thursday morning, a McLeansboro man, 28-year-old Patrick E. Vaughan, was arrested on meth-related charges following a traffic stop on Illinois 149 near I-57 in West Frankf...

    TRAFFIC ALERT - LANE RESTRICTION This afternoon between 1PM and 6PM, Fairfield Police Department will be closing the north lane of West Main Street, beginning at Dr. Scranton Drive (Fair...

  If you live in the Village of Cisne, the boil water order has been LIFTED. Water is now safe for human consumption.