Category Archives: Local News

Fairfield resident, 39-year-old Brandy Best was arrested by Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies Monday on a Failure To Appear warrant issued out of Wayne County on an original charge of Operating An Unins...

A bill has been introduced to designate a section of Illinois Route 15 in Wayne County as the Pfc. Kenny Kays Memorial Highway in honor of the local Medal of Honor recipient. State Senator Terri Bryan...

The Edwards County School Board met for their monthly meeting last (Monday) night and here with a recap of the meeting is our Edwards County Correspondent, Mark Curtis.    

Little Prairie Christian Church will host a Pancake Supper, Trivia Night, and Silent Auction on Saturday, April 12, at the church, located three miles west of Albion on Route 15. Proceeds will benefit...

The Fairfield High School FFA Chapter recently participated in District Envirothon recently in Mt. Vernon. Fairfield team 2 of Jensyn Robbins, Elaine Vanway, Kelby Hutchcraft, Mya McGowan and Paisley ...

The 2025 Illinois spring trout fishing season kicks off on Saturday, April 5th, with 58 locations statewide. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will stock over 80,000 rainbow trout for this ...

March Madness is expected to drive Illinoisans to wager around $400 million this year, building on last year's $394 million in college sports bets, which totaled 5.7 million. In March 2024, the averag...

The Hope Center at 23 West Cherry in Albion will have a book signing event tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 10am. It will feature, Lottie Bolerjack Lindsey from Carmi who has written a book called, Soa...

Jury selection and testimony began Monday in the trial of a Fairfield man accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13. Jordan M. Jones, 28, faces five Class-X felony charges of predator...

Greg Pottorff, owner of GeoLog Well Services in Wayne City, has been recognized as the Service Person of the Year by the Illinois Oil and Gas Association (IOGA). He received the honor last Friday duri...