Category Archives: Local News

Albion City Council meeting recap story from Tuesday night with our Edwards County correspondent, Mark Curtis.  

The latest USDA report reveals mixed conditions for Illinois crops. As of August 31st, 55% of the state's corn is rated in good to excellent condition. Key developmental stages show 96% of corn in the...

After nearly three decades of leadership, Jill Andrews has sold Kiddie Kollege in Fairfield, effective September 1st. In a statement issued on the Kiddie Kollege Facebook page, Andrews founded and adm...

(photo credit: Jefferson County Sheriff's Department) A Jefferson County man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder following the death of his wife on September 1st. The Jefferson Coun...

Several guilty pleas were entered in Wayne County Court last Thursday before Resident Judge Matt Vaughn. Shakeitha S. Garrett, 39, of Albion, pled guilty to an amended charge of misdemeanor theft. She...

  The Fairfield Lions Club will host free hearing screenings on Wednesday, September 10th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Community of Christ Church on Windsor Lane in Fairfield. Also that day, the...

A six-year-old Wayne County boy was injured Sunday evening after falling from a side-by-side driven by his father near Burnt Prairie. The accident happened around 7 p.m. The names of the child and dri...

The Albion Area Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its annual Artisans Fall Festival, featuring the Edwards County's Cutest Baby Contest. This charming event invites local families to showcase thei...

Petty Officer 3rd Class Heaven D'Angelo, whose mother Elizabeth French lives in Grayville, has been promoted while serving with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Annapolis in Maryland. D'An...

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...