Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Received Nearly 5K Submissions For State Flag Redesign Contest
Illinois is sorting through a number of submissions for its state flag redesign contest. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced that nearly five-thousand state flag redesign entries w...
Oct 31, 2024
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY MONDAY AT NEW FAIRFIELD BUSINESS
Wayne County Chamber of Commerce will be conducting a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, November 4th at 3:15pm at the new M-Pressions Dance Productions located at 906 Leininger Road, just east of the...
Oct 31, 2024
MILLS SHOALS MAN ARRESTED ON WAYNE COUNTY WARRANT TUESDAY
Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 24-year-old Joshua L. Smothers of Mill Shoals Tuesday afternoon on a Wayne County Petition to Revoke warrant on separate charges including; Criminal Damage to ...
Oct 30, 2024
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE HANDLE CRASH ON I-64 WESTBOUND EXIT 100 OFF RAMP TUESDAY MORNING
Wayne City Fire and Ambulance along with the Illinois State Police responded to a single vehicle accident Tuesday morning around 8:45 at the I-64 westbound off ramp at milepost 100. Illinois State Pol...
Oct 30, 2024
TIME CHANGE WEEKEND, FALL BACK ONE HOUR SUNDAY MORNING AT 2AM
This weekend, Americans will turn back their clocks Saturday night before going to bed, marking the end of daylight-saving time in 2024. This annual practice involves "falling back" an hour, giving mo...
Oct 30, 2024
GUILTY PLEAS IN WAYNE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT TUESDAY
Two area residents appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Tuesday. 52-year-old Thomas Cramer of Fairfield pled guilty to a charge of Unlawful Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia. Cramer was sentenced to ...
Oct 30, 2024
FAIRFIELD RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT REPOND TO TRUCK FIRE IN GEFF SATURDAY
The Fairfield Rural Fire Department was called out Saturday afternoon around 4:30 to a report of a truck on fire in Geff. The driver, Christopher McGee from Flora abandoned his vehicle after it began ...
Oct 30, 2024
WEB PRINTING CONTROLS RAPID RESPONSE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY
A workshop has been scheduled for Friday from 9am to 12 noon at Bob Boyles Hall on the campus of Frontier Community College. This is for those who were employed at Web Printing Controls South of Fairf...
Oct 30, 2024
FAIRFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SENIOR LIFE SOLUTIONS TO HOST ANTIQUE CHRISTMAS ANGEL TREE
The Senior Life Solutions Department is sponsoring an Antique Christmas Angel Tree for older adults throughout the community who are in need or do not have any family nearby. Each ornament on the Anti...
Oct 30, 2024
GATEWAY REGIONAL WATER COMPANY WATER DISINFECTION PROCESS STARTING NOVEMBER 8TH
Gateway Regional Water Company will be using Free Chlorine instead of Chloramines for water disinfection starting November 8th. They will switch back to Chloramines on December 20th. If you have healt...
Oct 30, 2024