Category Archives: Local News

The Fairfield Public Library is inviting young puzzle lovers to join in the Jigsaw Puzzle Mania for Kids - Summer Edition, a fun and free competition where teams race to complete a jigsaw puzzle first...

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (IECC) is bringing back its popular "Walk-In Wednesdays" this July to help students prepare for the upcoming fall semester - no appointment necessary.   Accord...

Area residents will have a unique opportunity to witness history in motion when the Hemmings Motor News Great Race rolls into Effingham for a lunch stop on Tuesday, June 24th. The nine-day, 2,300-mile...

U.S. Representative Mike Bost announced Wednesday that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is now offering low-interest federal disaster loans to Illinois residents and businesses impacted by...

A new driver's education program designed specifically for teens is being offered at Olney Central College. The course runs from July 7th to July 30th, with classes scheduled Monday through Thursday f...

The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 208 Southwest 7th Street on Thursday morning (June 12th).   Firefighters were dispatched at approximately 7:14 a.m. and arrived just...

Two of the eight charges filed against former Wabash County Sheriff's Deputy Chase A.D. Cheadle in connection with the death of his K-9 partner have been dismissed. Cheadle appeared in court Thursday ...

Chocolate lovers, get ready, the sweet celebration of all things chocolate returns to Wayne City this Saturday with the Chocolate Festival, held inside Greenfield Grocery. Following last year's popula...

The Fairfield Park Pool will close early at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17th, to allow staff time to prepare the facility for an upcoming home swim meet against Olney. The meet is scheduled to begin at...

  A Fairfield-area man has been sentenced to three years in prison following his arrest late last month.   Norman Mier was taken into custody by Carmi Police on Tuesday, May 28th 2024, on a ...