Category Archives: Local News

Clay County Hospital staff members Laurel Mason and Kamy Vail have received the 2024 Impact Award from the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) in recognition of their outstanding contrib...

The Illinois State Police and hundreds of other local and county law enforcement personnel throughout the state are continuing their effort to make the statewide highways and interstates as safe as po...

Pictured from left are Dara Belangee, Alyssa Parrott, Kandras Kunkel and Caitlin Glisson.   Several Wayne-White Electric employees recently completed a yearlong training program through the co-op...

Cisne will kick off the holiday season with its annual Small Town Christmas on the Square on Friday, December 6th.   The festivities begin at 5:30pm with a Christmas tree lighting ceremony on the...

Santa Claus will be stopping by the Geff Ruritan Club on Saturday, December 14th from 2pm to 4pm. There will be cookies and hot chocolate served and Santa will have treat bags for the children. Also, ...

The annual White County Christmas Night Parade is scheduled for Saturday, beginning at 5:30 p.m.   The parade route starts at Third and Cherry Streets, turning left to head east on Cherry Street....

The Hamilton County Rotary Club has a full schedule of Christmas events this weekend.   Christmas Trivia will be held Friday at the McLeansboro Elks. Social Hour and Meal starts at 6 p.m. with Tr...

Mayor Joe Judge of Mt. Carmel has announced the city's fifth annual family book giveaway, featuring over $35,000 worth of brand-new Disney books just in time for the holidays.   The Free Disney B...

Wayne County Sheriff's Department say they've made the decision to move to a digital mailing system for those detained in the Wayne County Jail. According to a post shared by the sheriff's department,...

  Photo Credit: Illinois State Police (Dylan S. Weeks M/23) Wednesday, Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 officers with the assistance of the Du Quoin Police De...