Category Archives: Local News

Area river stages remain on the low side despite rainfall in the region in recent days. Here's the latest stages as of this morning: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 7.39 feet,below the...

62-year-old, Donald E. Wilhite Jr. of Fairfield was sentenced yesterday (Thursday) in Wayne County Circuit Court. Wilhite was awaiting sentence on Possession of Methamphetamine charges dating back to ...

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Cisne Village Board, it was announced that the Christmas in the Park event will take place on Friday night, December 6th. Village Clerk Vicky Mugrage requested a $500...

The Village Board of Enfield met Tuesday night, primarily focusing on the future of the Booth School, which they took control of during last month's meeting. Board members spent about an hour discussi...

Illinois is touting a growing amount of medical debt relief in the state. Illinois' Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program has relieved more than 72-million-dollars worth of medical debt for over 52-thousa...

The Wayne County Board met for their regular monthly meeting last (Thursday) night. The board approved the October minutes and welcomed guests. Vaughan Law Office, representative for the Drainage Dist...

Fairfield Police along with Fairfield Fire and Wayne County Ambulance personnel responded to a two vehicle accident Thursday night just before 6 o'clock on West Delaware in the area of Petroleum Blvd....

Donald E. Wilhite Jr Katherine M. Christopher     The Wayne County Sheriff's Department along with the Fairfield Police Department executed a search warrant this past Saturday at approximate...

Wayne County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for the person or persons who entered a storage container owned by Tommy Withrow of Wayne City and removed a double shaft power take off for an Internat...

Hope Ministries Food Pantry in Geff is delaying the start time of this Saturday's food distribution due to traffic coming into the Geff Grade School for a basketball tournament. The distribution has b...