Category Archives: Local News

All 12 precincts in Edwards County have reported results from the Tuesday primary election, with overall voter turnout reaching just over 29 percent. Of the county's 4,304 registered voters, 1,275 bal...

Primary election results from across Southern Illinois continue to come into focus, with several key races decided and others setting the stage for the November general election. In the Regional Offic...

Pritzker Reacts To Bovino Retirement (Undated) -- Governor Pritzker is reacting to the news that Border patrol official Gregory Bovino will retire at the end of the month. The governor posted on socia...

Update at 9:45pm Should Illinois opt into a federal program that would provide Public K-12, private school, and homeschool students with privately-donated funds for academic needs, such as tutoring an...

The Wayne County Retired Teachers Association is pleased to announce a $500 scholarship for the 2026-2027 school year to students in Wayne County pursuing a career in education. This scholarship is op...

The Fairfield Park District's plans for a new Splash Pad have been dealt another blow. Mike Bridges, the project's architect from Charleston Engineering in Olney, died unexpectedly, it was revealed at...

The New Hope Community Consolidated School District #6 Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting this Wednesday, March 18th at 7:00 p.m. The agenda includes key staffing decisions, appr...

North Wayne Schools will also conduct a Child Find/Preschool Screening for children ages 3 to 5 who are not yet enrolled in public school and are not yet eligible for kindergarten. The screening is sc...

Wayne City Grade School will hold its annual Kindergarten Registration on Tuesday, March 31st with appointments available from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. This event is for families in the Wayne City Schoo...

The North Wayne Community Unit School District #200 Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 18th at 6 p.m. at Cisne Middle School. The meeting will cover a range o...