Category Archives: Local News

Illinois State Police Troop 9 responded to a fatal crash involving a truck and pedestrian late Friday night in Edwards County. It happened around 10:15 p.m. along Illinois Route 130 northbound at East...

46-year-old Tammy Jo Surprenant of Cisne appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday on charges of violating a previous order of probation on an original charge of Unlawful Delivery of Methampheta...

Road construction on a section of I-57 and I-64 and Illinois Route 15 in Jefferson County is set to start next week with lane reductions, weather permitting. The Illinois Department of Transportation ...

Reports say Harrisburg Police were called to a report of shots being fired Thursday night at a residence on North Jackson Street. Saline County Dispatch reported multiple 911 calls being received shor...

  Reports out of White County say the Carmi Police Department was called Thursday night around 8 p.m. to a domestic battery complaint. A woman had called the police and said that her fiance, iden...

Area rivers continue a slow fall. Here's the latest stages this morning: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 24.01 feet, about seven feet above flood stage. At Clay City the river is below...

  Wayne County's unemployment rate for March came in at 3.7 percent, according to numbers from the Illinois Department of Employment Security. They report most of southern Illinois saw lower unem...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 22-year-ol Mason Thomas of Cisne early Friday morning on charges of Aggravated Domestic Battery. Thomas was booked into the Wayne County Jail where he was bein...

Current Year Board: Back (L to R): Justin Williams, Lance Endsley, Steve Harrison, Matt Moore Front (L to R): Lee Milligan, LeeAnn Samford, Rob Traiteur     New Board Starting 25/26 School Y...

The Wayne City Village Trustees are set to hold a special meeting Tuesday, April 29th at 6:00 p.m. at the Village Hall, located at 102 S Main Street. The agenda includes a public hearing, action items...