Category Archives: Local News

The 10th Annual Gold Star 500 will travel more than 500 miles across Illinois this week to honor fallen military service members and their families. The five-day endurance bicycle ride begins today (T...

A 65-year-old rural Scheller man died in a house fire Sunday afternoon in Jefferson County. The Waltonville Fire Department was dispatched around 5:02 p.m. to a residence at 3606 North Lodge Lane, wit...

The Fairfield PaintOut will return for its 15th annual plein air painting festival from tomorrow (Tuesday) through Saturday. Artists will once again gather in the Fairfield area to create original wor...

  Fairfield Community High School is preparing for its 2026 Homecoming celebration, with activities scheduled from Wednesday, September 30th through Saturday, October 3rd. Festivities begin Wedne...

  The Wayne County Sheriff's Department arrested a Cisne man Friday morning on an outstanding warrant. 49-year-old Dennis Galbraith was taken into custody on a Wayne County warrant for Driving Wh...

Clay County experienced another round of severe weather Sunday night into earl this (Monday) morning, bringing a tornado warning, downed tree limbs and scattered power outages. The National Weather Se...

The Wayne County Republican Party awarded several door prizes and held its annual gun raffle Saturday night during the Fairfield Fall Fun Fest. Door prize winners included Denise Hilliard, a pizza ove...

The Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with Vortex, is offering local producers an opportunity to try cover crops through a free 50-acre demonstration. Under the program...

Frontier Community College will host a Senior Citizens Day event on Friday, September 25th in West Hall, offering information, resources, and educational opportunities for area seniors. Registration a...

Farmers, farm families and farmworkers are invited to a Farmer Appreciation Harvest Lunch later this month in Browns. The lunch will be held Tuesday, September 29, at the West Elevator in Browns. Serv...