Category Archives: Local News

Governor JB Pritzker, alongside the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, announced on Monday the allocation of over $55.2 million in grant funding for 100 local park initiatives across Illinois. ...

Illinois State Police Troop 9 responded to a report of a single-vehicle fatal traffic crash just before 5am Sunday morning on U.S. 45 northbound just north of County Road 200N which is the Barnhill Cr...

Wayne City Fire Department responded to a fully engulfed detached garage fire just after 8:30 last (Monday) night at 642 North Main St. in Wayne City. Wayne City Fire Chief, Scott Clark say the fire w...

Jeremy L. Tucker of Fairfield has submitted a motion to withdraw his guilty plea related to charges stemming from a fatal collision that killed 15-year-old RE Carter. The incident occurred on June 5th...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 20-year-old Cisne resident, Jacob Heath Monday afternoon on a Richland County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Aggravated Battery with a ...

Illinois has launched its first state-managed off-highway vehicle trail system at Sahara Woods State Recreation Area in Saline County, located just five miles west of Harrisburg, south of Illinois Rou...

The Edwards County School Board met for their regular monthly meeting last (Monday) night in Albion and here with the report is our Edwards County Correspondent, Mark Curtis.  

Enrollment is now open for the 15th IPRB Summer Math & Science Teachers Program, scheduled for June 24th to 27th in Mt. Vernon. This program is available to Illinois math and science teachers for ...

Tickets for the 7th annual Hamco Food and Brew Fest go on sale today (Tuesday) at all three Peoples National Bank locations in Hamilton County and at Banterra Bank.   Paper tickets are priced at ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has announced that westbound traffic on I-64 will be switched to the new westbound pavement on Monday.   In the coming weeks, the temporary concrete barrier ...