Author Archives: Mark Wells

  Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies, Fire and EMS personnel were called to the scene of a motorcycle-deer accident Saturday morning just before 6 o'clock on US HWY 45 near County RD 520N just South...

  83 year old Fairfield resident, Robert "Bob" Stewart, passed away Friday, June 28, 2024 at the Skilled Care Unit of Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Fairfield, Illinois Bob was born on August 30,...

      Local Law Enforcement officials were busy over the weekend.   Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a rural Fairfield woman due to a failure to appear warrant. 21-year-old...

    Cardiac Rehabilitation services have resumed at Fairfield Memorial Hospital today following a recent network outage that lasted multiple days.   While efforts are ongoing to fully r...

    A man from Mt. Vernon died Saturday at a hospital in the St. Louis area while recovering from injuries sustained in a crash late Thursday night.   21-year-old William Penrod III was...

  Illinois residents will notice a slight increase in gasoline prices at the pump.   Effective today, the state's motor fuel tax will rise from 45.4 cents per gallon to 47 cents per gallon, ...

    The Clay County Health Department has been informed that a bird specimen collected in Flora on June 10th has tested positive for West Nile virus after being submitted for testing at the ...

    Each month, Fairfield Memorial Hospital takes the time to honor an employee as the Employee of the Month. The Employee of the Month is nominated by their peers as someone who has provide...

    The Albion City Council meets tonight at 7pm at Albion City Hall. The meeting is open to the public. Our Edwards County correspondent, Mark Curtis will be at the meeting tonight and we w...

  Frontier Community College has released its academic honor lists for the Spring 2024 Semester. Three lists have been established by Illinois Eastern Community Colleges to indicate students who ...