Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois State Police has released the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement, or ACE, patrols conducted during June in Marion, Wabash, Hamilton, Effingham, and Wayne counties. According to...

  The Friends For Life Relay Team was recognized during the recent Hamilton/Wayne/White Relay For Life with the Team Excellence Award for its outstanding fundraising efforts. During the 2025 Rela...

First Christian Church in Fairfield will host a free basketball camp for incoming third through eighth grade students on July 13 and 14. The camp will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. each evening in the chur...

The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies are reminding motorists to drive sober during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. As part of the sta...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is recognizing General Surgeon Dr. Lauren Williams for reaching two significant milestones in patient care. Hospital officials announced that Dr. Williams performed more th...

Area families will have an opportunity to cool off at no cost thanks to the generosity of two local organizations. Beyond the Badge and Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 303 are sponsoring a free swim o...

Illinois Extension and Wayne County 4-H have announced the results of the 2026 Wayne County 4-H Dog Show. Extension officials thanked this year's award sponsors, show announcers, judges, and volunteer...

Illinois Extension and Edwards County 4-H have announced the results of the annual 4-H Food and Clothing Show, held Monday, June 29, in Albion. Extension officials thanked the judges and volunteers wh...

Governor JB Pritzker has issued a statewide disaster proclamation that includes Jefferson County following the June 21st tornado outbreak in Southern Illinois. The proclamation allows state agencies t...

(Pictured is Hattie Schoepf, RN, Fairfield Memorial Hospital's June 2026 Employee of the Month.)     Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their...