Category Archives: Local News

The Wayne County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for the person or persons who have removed parts from an old truck that was parked on some hunting ground belonging to Kendal Heifner from Johnsonvi...

In recent days, Southern Illinois has experienced four earthquakes. The latest tremor, a magnitude 1.8, struck approximately 3 miles northwest of Ridgely, Tennessee, at 1:33 a.m. on November 4th, acco...

The Mount Vernon Elks Lodge 819, along with Centralia Elks Lodge 493, Fairfield Elks Lodge 1631, Salem Elks Lodge 1678, and McLeansboro Elks Lodge 1882, will host a free orthopedic assessment clinic f...

(L-R) Steve Lee, Cori Copeland, Janie McDowell, Mike Copeland   The annual Piano-Organ Christmas Concert featuring Janie McDowell (piano), Steve Lee (organ) and Mike and Cori Copeland (narrators)...

The Grayville Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade will be held Saturday, November 30th. The theme this year is "A Christmas Rock' n Eve" The parade line-up will be at Meadowbrook with the parade set ...

The VA will be at the Hope Center Wednesday November 6th at 9 am. This service is for ALL veterans and their families. The Hope Center is located at 23 West Cherry in Albion. This is for Edwards Count...

The Albion City Council met for their regular monthly meeting last (Monday) night. Here with the details is our Edwards County correspondent, Mark Curtis.

The City of Grayville has declared a boil water advisory for the entire town due to a significant water leak in the downtown area. City officials have shut down the water wells to address the issue. O...

Today is Election Day and despite there are no races of interest in the county, Wayne County Clerk, Liz Ann Woodrow says that her office has been very busy with early voting as voting is heavy and thi...

Each year, Fairfield Memorial Hospital recognizes and appreciates all Veterans who have fought for our freedom. Therefore, in honor of their service, Fairfield Memorial Hospital wishes to offer a day ...