Category Archives: Local News

Wabash County Coroner Shaun Keepes has identified the individual killed in a train-pedestrian incident near the railroad crossing at 3rd Street and Poplar Street in Mt. Carmel as Nicholas Ted Esten La...

Wayne County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of a stolen ATV and the arrest of the person or persons responsible. Authorities say a 2006 Yamaha Kodiak ATV wa...

A 54-year-old former Mt. Vernon Township High School Spanish teacher has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to three child pornography charges. David Edwards received three con...

The City of Fairfield has announced changes to the trash collection schedule due to the upcoming New Year's Day holiday. Republic Services will operate trash routes on a one-day delay for Thursday, Ja...

Due to the upcoming New Year's holiday, Sunrise Sanitation will collect trash in the city of Albion on Friday, January 2nd. Albion residents are advised to place their trash cans by the curb on Thursd...

Area businesses and individuals will once again be hosting a "free skate" for elementary students in Wayne County at Skateland Roller Sport in Fairfield tonight (Monday) from 5:30-8:30 PM. All admissi...

Frontier Community College will host its second annual Bobcats Baseball First Pitch Dinner, sponsored by FNB, on Friday, January 23rd at 6 p.m. at the Fairfield First Christian Church. The event celeb...

Mild weather continues this weekend, however conditions are expected to turn quite a bit colder by the beginning of next week, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. Temperatu...

Carmi Police report the arrest of two individuals over the Christmas holiday on various charges. Media reports say the first arrest came on Christmas Eve, when Carmi Police, along with the White Count...

Reports out of Jefferson County say a Centralia, IL man was arrested two days in a row in separate burglary cases. 38 year old Mitchell Finley was first arrested early Friday on charges of burglary an...