Category Archives: Local News

  An Iuka man faces a charge of reckless homicide in connection with a three-vehicle crash earlier this month on U.S. Route 50 at the Xenia-Iola Road earlier this month. 44 year old William Shufe...

  Mt. Vernon, IL police have made two arrests in connection with a shooting last Saturday evening that resulted in three people being injured. The shooting occurred in the 1100 block of Lamar Str...

Updated information from the Illinois State Police   October 19, 2024 PESOTUM - This afternoon, Illinois State Police (ISP) Director Brendan F. Kelly provided an update on the line-of-duty death ...

Rodger Parrott with Superintendent, Bobby Wells Rodger and his family     The Fairfield Community High School Board of Educatioon met last (Thursday) night for their regular meeting. The boa...

          Pictured l-r Jayce Couch, Eden Duckworth, Ava Kreiter, and Sarah Ruhl   The Fairfield FFA Ag Sales team recently placed 5th at Section 23 FFA competition at Wab...

The Fairfield Lady Mules will play in the Class 2A Newton Volleyball Regional that begins on Monday, October 28th. The tournament schedule will go as follows: (seedings in parenthesis) Monday, October...

Willow Creek Venue south of Fairfield on Rt. 45 will have their Harvest Fest & Market tomorrow (Saturday) from 9am to 4pm. There will be numerous vendors, live music featuring Rebeccah Fisher, Noa...

A public hearing to review waiving the Limitation of Administrative Costs for the 2024-2025 school year will be held Monday, October 21st at 7pm in the Edwards County K-12 Band Room. Immediately follo...

The Fairfield Golf Course will host the annual Beef Stew Tournament on Saturday, October 26th. This will be a 2 man scramble. $80 per team entry which will provide green fees, carts and lunch with 100...

FAIRFIELD VETERAN'S DAY PARADE SET FOR NOVEMBER 9TH     The annual Veterans Day parade in Fairfield is scheduled for Saturday, November 9th, starting at 2 PM. Participants can begin lining u...