Category Archives: Local News

  Customers of Sparklight in the Fairfield area were without internet services for several hours Friday. The outage began sometime late Friday morning after 10 a.m. and continued into the late ev...

The city of Fairfield's Tax Increment Financing Committee/Business District Committee has announced a Tax Increment Financing Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 4:30...

Health officials say the number of flu and COVID 19 cases are on the rise as the flu season kicks into high gear. Reports indicate the number of COVID cases in the past few weeks in the region have ne...

Mt. Carmel police report the arrest of two Mt. Carmel residents Christmas Day after a traffic stop. Reports say 56 year old Phillip W. Farrar was arrested on a Wabash County Warrant for Failure to App...

Franklin County Sheriff's Office deputies made arrests Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on drug charges following traffic stops. 46 year old Nancy Lingle of Benton, Illinois, was taken into custody aft...

24-year-old Bobby Dean Garrison of Flora was arrested Thursday morning by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear on original charges of Improper Lane Usa...

Registration is now open for the Southeastern Agronomy Summit, taking place on Tuesday, January 28th, from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Edwards County Farm Bureau community room, located at 15 South 5th ...

What was intended to be a 15-minute Truth in Taxation hearing at the Carmi City Council meeting on December 17th transformed into a 45-minute appeal from citizens opposing a proposed 12% increase in t...

Sixteen years after the initial deadline, Homeland Security announces that REAL ID will become mandatory next year. A REAL ID is a driver's license that permits you to board domestic flights in the U....

The Eastern Illinois Foodbank will be visiting Clay County on Monday, January 13th, to provide food for families experiencing food insecurity. Attendees are encouraged to bring boxes or bags for trans...