Category Archives: Local News

    The Edwards County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday, August 3rd at the Edwards County Courthouse in Albion. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Commissioners are scheduled to approve...

  The area community is invited to come to the Fairfield Public Swimming Pool which will be having two free swim sessions today. The first will be this afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. thank...

  Area first responders and Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash Thursday evening northeast of Orchardville. At around 5:40 p.m., Delexia Lytle, 25, of Centralia, w...

As we begin a new month, the weather should be fairly comfortable for early August, according to the National Weather Service at Paducah, Kentucky. They say rain chances are in the forecast for this w...

Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation announced Friday that additional charges of First-Degree Murder (Class M Felony) have been filed against the two suspects previously char...

Car, truck, and motorcycle enthusiasts are invited to the Cisne Show N' Shine Car Show on Saturday, August 8th in Cisne. The event, presented by Old Soul Grafix, is open to all makes and models of car...

Illinois Extension has announced the 2026 Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame inductees for Clay, Wayne and Richland counties, recognizing volunteers who have made lasting contributions to their local 4-H progr...

Illinois students will face new restrictions on cell phone use during the school day after Governor JB Pritzker signed the state's bell-to-bell cell phone ban into law Tuesday. The legislation require...

Wayne County Clerk Liz Ann Woodrow is reminding eligible voters to watch their mailboxes as Vote by Mail applications are now being mailed throughout the county. Under Illinois law, county clerks are ...

The American Heart Association completed a review of the Salem Township Hospital recently, and told the hospital board that the review showed positive results. Reports out of Marion County said the ho...