Category Archives: Local News

The Wayne County Board handled a wide range of business Thursday night, including a major bridge project, a request for financial assistance from Mount Erie and the creation of a new position in the c...

Don C. Raley     Stacy L. Highsmith   Three people were taken into custody Wednesday night following an attempted traffic stop in Rinard. According to the Wayne County Sheriff's Departm...

The City of Fairfield has announced that petitions for candidates seeking alderman seats in the April 6, 2027 Consolidated Election will be available beginning August 25. Seats up for election include...

(Pictured from left are Judge T. Scott Webb, Patrolman Jade French and Carmi Police Chief Jason Carter)     Fairfield Community High School graduate Jade French of Mill Shoals was sworn in M...

Fairfield native and award-winning Nashville songwriter Lance Miller will return to Southern Illinois for a special concert on Saturday at Red Hill Raceway near Sumner. "An Evening with Lance Miller" ...

  Local musicians will have an opportunity to take the Main Stage during the Fairfield Fall Fun Fest with this year's Battle of the Bands. The competition is scheduled for Saturday, September 19t...

Edwards County Clerk and Recorder Melanie Knight is encouraging eligible high school students to consider serving as student election judges. Under Illinois election rules, an election authority may a...

The Edwards County Community Unit School District #1 Board of Education will hold its regular meeting Monday, August 17, at 7 p.m. in the West Salem Grade School Science Room. Among the items on the a...

  Hamilton Memorial Hospital District has received national recognition for its efforts to improve stroke care for patients in Southern Illinois. The McLeansboro hospital received the American He...

The Frontier Community College Bobcats Baseball team will hold a porkburger fundraiser Saturday at Fairfield Save-A-Lot. Team members will begin grilling porkburgers at 9 a.m., with proceeds from the ...