Category Archives: Local News

The Hope Center in Albion will be OPEN Christmas Day morning at 9am. Anyone in need of food or who will be spending Christmas alone and need someone to talk to, go to the Hope Center located at 23 Wes...

The Benton City Council has unanimously decided to allow Knox the Dalmatian to remain with the Benton Fire Department. Knox was rescued from a Jefferson County animal shelter two years ago, but the pr...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Rend Lake is offering Student Trainee Intern Positions (Pathways Interns) for the 2025 recreation season. This program allows students to explore federal careers wh...

Federal authorities have scheduled January 28th as the trial date for former Wayne City Police Chief Anson Fenton. Fenton has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the misapplication of property fr...

This holiday season, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), along with the Illinois State Police and over 200 local police and sheriff's departments, is launching the national "Drive Sober ...

Two Houston Texas men, 32-year-old McKindley V. Allen and 28-year-old DaLeon J. Fontennet, were sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for burglarizing pharmacies in Southern Illinois and Missouri ...

Governor JB Pritzker in August released a list of 265 Senate and House bills he signed into law. Pritzker took action on the 265 bills on Friday, August 9th signing all of them into law. Some of the b...

The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity announced Thursday that Southwestern Illinois has been chosen for a groundbreaking $820 million sustainable aviation fuel project. This t...

Santa will wrap up his Fairfield visit with a final appearance at his house in Leo French Park tomorrow (Sunday) from 2pm to 4pm.

For 35 years, a Christmas Dinner will again be held on Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25th at the Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church, located east of Wal-Mart.   Anyone who does not hav...