Category Archives: Local News

A Fairfield woman has pled guilty to a charge of child endangerment after she had been accused of leaving two children in a vehicle for multiple hours in hot weather on July 14th, resulting in the dea...

The New Hope Grade School Board is set to meet this Tuesday night at 6 p.m. Several items are listed on the board agenda under the Superintendent's Report. They include FOIA Requests for Employee cont...

  A Mt. Carmel man charged with criminal sexual assault appeared in Wabash County Circuit Court in Mt. Carmel Thursday. 23 year old Michael Haase is charged with criminal sexual assault after his...

  A preliminary hearing for former Wabash County Sheriff's Deputy Chase Cheadle has been postponed for the second straight month. Reports say the latest postponement came from continued health co...

The Fairfield High School After Prom Committee has announced their winner drawn on Friday (December 13th) with the winner of $150 being Kassidy Morrison. The winning ticket was sold by Kassidy Morriso...

43-year-old Brian Davis from Olney was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department Thursday night at approximately 8:40 following a traffic stop. During the stop, probable cause to search the ve...

Numerous guilty pleas were handed down in Wayne County Circuit Court recently.   22-year old Jaxon Willis of Fairfield admitted to violating a previous order of two years probation on an original...

The Illinois Flag Commission has announced its top ten finalists for the state flag redesign, and among them are two talented students from Fairfield Community High School: Spresalynn Tipps and Johna ...

During a brief video hearing on Tuesday afternoon, 44-year-old Megan Valentine waived her right to a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering her husband, Judge Michael J. Va...

During last (Thursday) night's meeting of the Wayne County Board, the board reorganized as Daryl Hargrave was unanimously re-elected as Board Chairman and Gene Kollak was unanimously re-elected Vice-C...