Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois Department of Employment Security has released employment information for Illinois for the month of August. It shows that the state's unemployment rate was 4.7 percent, down two tenths of...

  The Fairfield Community High School Board of Education will meet Monday, September 21, at 6 p.m. in the FCHS Study Hall. The evening will begin with a public hearing on the district's proposed ...

  Several criminal cases were resolved Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court, with defendants receiving sentences ranging from probation to county jail time. 51-year-old Charles P. Curtner of Ol...

  McLEANSBORO - A proposed $300 million solar development and a request for additional funding for the Hamilton County Ambulance Service were among the major issues before the Hamilton County Boa...

  The third week of September is recognized as Asthma Peak Week, a period when asthma attacks, emergency room visits and hospitalizations historically reach their highest levels of the year. The ...

  The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has confirmed multiple sightings of a mountain lion in Jackson and Union counties. IDNR officials believe the sightings involve the same animal. The...

  Illinois is moving forward with new rules intended to give farmers and other landowners more flexibility in dealing with deer that damage crops and property. Changes to the Illinois Wildlife Co...

  Illinois regulators have approved 600 megawatts of new utility-scale battery storage projects expected to come online by 2030. The projects would add more than four times the amount of utility-...

  The U.S. Senate returns to work with another attempt expected to advance a new five-year farm bill, a major priority for agriculture groups as the current extension approaches its Sept. 30 expi...

Former Albion resident Bruce Mendenhall received renewed national attention last weekend when his case was featured on Oxygen's Unknown Serial Killers of America. The Sept. 13 episode examined Mendenh...