Author Archives: Mark Wells

          A familiar face will be traveling to Fairfield on July 10th helping Read SI celebrate the launch of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for Wayne County. Dolly Part...

  McLeansboro residents are being asked to not remove blue flags that are being placed near their water meters. According to a statement from McLeansboro Mayor Chad May on the city's Facebook pag...

2024 FAIRFIELD MULES FREE YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMP Fairfield Mules Football Coach, Justin Townsend and other local football coaches are holding a FREE Youth Football camp in Fairfield on Wednesday, July 17...

  Jerry McGarvey, 85, of Grayville, Illinois, died Thursday, July 4, 2024, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was born July 16, 1938, in Grayville, Illinois, the son of Will...

  Larry Dean Nipper, 77, of McLeansboro, IL passed away on July 6, 2024 at Mt. Vernon Countryside Manor in Mt. Vernon, IL. He was born on October 27, 1946 in Norris City, IL to Wilburn Nipper &am...

Major League Baseball Friday: St. Louis 7 Washington 6 (11 innings) Chicago Cubs 5 LA Angels 1 Chicago White Sox 3 Miami 2 The Cardinals play Washington at 3:05 this afternoon. The game can be heard o...

The City of Fairfield's annual fireworks display took place on July 5th this year, and was held last night at Southwest Park in Fairfield. Cisne also held its fireworks display last night. Pleasant we...

Decent rainfall moved through the southern Illinois region this week,and more rain chances are in the forecast starting early next week,. Despite the rain, the latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map, as of t...

An early Friday morning wreck south of Mt. Vernon, IL injured three people, all from Mt. Vernon, IL. According to media reports and Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard, the accident occurred just af...

Two area residents were arrested over the 4th of July holiday on warrants. Media reports indicated a Carmi woman, 27-year-old Senekqua Holland, was behind bars after being arrested by Carmi police on ...