Category Archives: Local News

40-year-old Cody L Cook of Rinard was sentenced in Wayne County Circuit Court Tuesday by Judge, Denton Aud to spend 4 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for Unlawful Possession of Methamp...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 42-year-old Edward A Riley of Fairfield Tuesday afternoon for Operating a Vehicle with Cancelled, Suspended or Revoked Registration. Riley was booked into the ...

  Fairfield Memorial Hospital is proud to announce its 75th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, June 21st and invites the community to join in honoring this significant milestone.   To comm...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is proud to announce that Jessica Sterling, BSN, RN, CMSRN, Clinical Practice Coordinator, has successfully completed the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) ...

The City of Fairfield has announced that trash collection will be delayed by one day during the week of May 26th due to the Memorial Day holiday.   There will be no trash service on Monday, May 2...

A Mount Vernon woman is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly shooting her husband Monday night at their home in rural northern Franklin County.   According to the Franklin County Sherif...

The McLeansboro Farmers Market is set to open for the season on Wednesday, May 28th offering a weekly opportunity for local producers to connect with the community.   The market will take place e...

With the Memorial Day holiday approaching, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police (ISP), and more than 200 law enforcement agencies statewide are participating in the ...

With Illinois residents already paying the second highest gas taxes in the nation, another increase is scheduled for July 1st and calls to freeze it are intensifying.   Under the 2019 "Rebuild Il...

A Fairfield man with an active warrant was arrested Monday afternoon by Fairfield Police during a routine traffic stop involving a utility vehicle. Monday afternoon around 2:15, police officers stoppe...