Category Archives: Local News

EDWARDS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER FY26 BUDGET, PERSONNEL MOVES AT TONIGHT'S MEETING
The Edwards County Unit School District Board of Education will meet tonight (Monday, August 18th) 7:00 p.m. in the West Salem Grade School Science Room. The meeting will open with approval of prior m...
Mark Wells Aug 18, 2025

FRONTIER COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOST NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION AUGUST 19TH
Frontier Community College will welcome incoming students to campus for New Student Orientation on Tuesday, August 19th, at the Workforce Development Center, beginning at 8 a.m. The event is designed ...
Mark Wells Aug 18, 2025

FLORA ELKS TO HOST FREE CHILDREN'S ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC AUGUST 20TH
The Flora Elks Lodge in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children's Care Corporation will sponsor a free children's orthopedic assessment clinic on Wednesday, August 20th beginning at 11:30 a.m. at ...
Mark Wells Aug 18, 2025

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