Category Archives: Local News

The Edwards County Commissioners will meet Monday, September 8th at 9 a.m. at the Edwards County Courthouse. Agenda items include updates from Sheriff Darby Boewe and the County Highway Department, a ...

The 42nd annual Wayne County Corn and Soybean Yield Tour will take place Monday, September 8th Corn Growers President Gregg Barnard said the tour, first held in 1983 during a drought year, continues t...

Wayne City High School has announced Alayna White as the September Senior of the Month, recognizing her outstanding academic achievements, leadership, and community involvement. Alayna, the daughter o...

Frontier Community College women's head volleyball coach, 51-year-old Chet L. Snyder has been arrested on multiple sexual assault charges. In a news release this morning, Fairfield Police Chief, Ben L...

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department reported the arrest of two individuals on Thursday evening. Arthur Ray Barger, 44, of Carmi was arrested on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear. His orig...

A Sims woman and three men were sentenced Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court. Rose M. Buchanan, 77, of Sims, pled guilty to Unlawful Violation of Animal Owners' Duties. She was sentenced to one ye...

The Edwards County Farm Bureau Young Leaders and Bungee in Browns conducted the 18th annual Edwards County corn yield survey on Thursday. The results show an estimated county average of 171.3 bushels ...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer services within and outside of the Hospital. Shaun...

The University of Illinois Extension is inviting the community to take part in free nutrition education classes this September. The "Create Better Health Nutrition Class" will be held at Feed My Sheep...

Carmi police raided the Puff Huff Smoke and Vape shop near Walmart on Thursday, seizing a large quantity of suspected marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms. One person was arrested. Carmi officers execut...