Category Archives: Local News

An Illinois State Police trooper suffered minor injuries after a crash involving a squad car and a semi-truck Tuesday morning. The incident occurred around 10:45 a.m. on southbound I-57 near Benton. T...

Illinois Republican Urge Trump To Not Pardon Madigan (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois' Republican Congress members are asking President Trump to not pardon former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. In a...

Former Frontier Community College Head Volleyball Coach, 51-year-old Chet Snyder appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Tuesday morning on multiple criminal charges, including sexual abuse involving t...

Several defendants recently appeared before Judge Denton Aud in Wayne County Circuit Court. Ethan Bell, 31, of McLeansboro, admitted in court to violating the terms of a previous 24-month probation se...

Wayne County Sheriff's deputies arrested 45-year-old Jamie M. Taylor of Fairfield on Tuesday night. Taylor was taken into custody on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear, for Operating a Motor...

Wayne County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of a stolen handgun and the arrest of those responsible. Authorities say a Taurus 709 9mm handgun was removed fr...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security has released county unemployment figures for September 2025, showing modest improvement in employment across Wayne County and much of the region. Wayne C...

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois has announced the successful results of "Operation Safe Christmas," a coordinated fugitive roundup that resulted in 63 arrests and the ...

(Photo credit: McLeansboro PD) A man wanted on a Kentucky arrest warrant was taken into custody late last Wednesday following a welfare check in McLeansboro, according to police. The McLeansboro Polic...

The National Weather Service reports that a notable warm-up is on the way over the next couple of days. High pressure will gradually move off to our east, making way for warmer and more humid southerl...