Category Archives: Local News

Hot Weather Coming
The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, has issued a Heat Advisory for the southern Illinois region, beginning at noon today and running through 7 p.m. Tuesday. Forecasters say high tempera...
Mark Wells Aug 16, 2025

Upcoming School Board Meetings
The Center Street School Board of Education is set to meet Monday night in the Center Street School Boardroom. Items on the agenda include several reports, and action on an Intergovernmental Agreement...
Mark Wells Aug 16, 2025

State Police Enforcement Efforts
Illinois State Police Troop 9 Commander, Captain Brian Wilson, has announced that the ISP will conduct Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement, or ACE, patrols in Wayne, Edwards, Clay, Hamilton and Effingh...
Mark Wells Aug 16, 2025
Two Norris City Men Sentenced
Two Norris City men have been sentenced in White County Circuit Court. According to reports out of White County, the sentences were handed down Thursday. 19 year old Joshua Walters was sentenced on 3 ...
Mark Wells Aug 16, 2025
Marion, IL Schools Placed on Soft Lockdown Friday
Media reports say the Marion Community Unit School District #2 initiated a soft lockdown Friday after law enforcement requested it. The school indicated the act was in response to potential suspicious...
Mark Wells Aug 16, 2025

MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS ENTER GUILTY PLEAS IN WAYNE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT THURSDAY
Several defendants were sentenced Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court after entering guilty pleas . Mark Feldman, 42, of Albion, pleaded guilty to Theft and was sentenced to two years' probation pl...
Mark Wells Aug 15, 2025

WAYNE COUNTY JURY FINDS FAIRFIELD WOMAN GUILTY OF METH POSSESSION
A Wayne County jury took just 40 minutes Wednesday to find 40-year-old Amanda Ball of Fairfield guilty of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony. Ball was originally charged on June ...
Mark Wells Aug 15, 2025

CONVICTED MURDERER RAY E. TATE SEEKS TO WITHDRAW GUILTY PLEA
Convicted murderer Ray E. Tate made a video appearance in Clinton County Circuit Court on Wednesday, continuing his efforts to withdraw his guilty plea related to his capture following the 2021 murder...
Mark Wells Aug 15, 2025

FIVE FAIRFIELD RESIDENTS CHARGED IN LIGHT PLANT BREAK-IN, $100K DAMAGE
Anthony Vasoli Amanda Garner Terry Keele Bobby Wayne Cottrill Marshall Lloyd Garrison Five Fairfield residents are facing felony charges after allegedly breaking into the Fairfiel...
Mark Wells Aug 15, 2025

BLESSED BLOOMS TO HOST FRIDAY NIGHT FARMERS MARKET WITH LIVE GOSPEL MUSIC
Blessed Blooms Flower Farm & Market invites the community to its Friday night Farmers Market tonight from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Blessed Blooms Pavilion. The evening will feature live gospel music per...
Mark Wells Aug 15, 2025