Category Archives: Local News

Join the Wayne County Farm Bureau as they take a chartered bus to see Mike Super: Magic & Illusion at the Effingham Performance Center on March 8th. As the winner of NBC's hit TV show 'Phenomenon'...

  The Center Street Grade School Board of Education is set to meet Tuesday night for their next meeting in the Center Street School Boardroom. Approval of regular and closed minutes from the Dece...

Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse has released the identity of two people killed in an accident Thursday on I-57near the Ina exit in Jefferson County Thursday morning involving two semis. The drive...

In state news, the former director of the Illinois Department of Public Health has been fined $150,000 for violating a state anti-corruption law. Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who led the state health policy durin...

The Fairfield Community High School Board of Education met for their regular monthly meeting Thursday night in the FCHS Study Hall. Items under the Consent Agenda; Open and Closed Session Minutes from...

    Illinois Extension, serving Edwards, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, and Wayne counties, is proud to announce that Jessica Simpson was awarded the Meritorious Support Service Award by the Il...

Fairfield Community High School has released the names of the students who made the first semester of the 2024-2025 school year Honor Roll. To be on the Honor Roll at FCHS, a student must have at leas...

The Wayne County Farm Bureau is hosting a chartered bus to the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, KY on Wednesday, February 12th. The cost is $30.00 per person for Wayne County Farm Bureau me...

Join the White County Farm Bureau Young Leaders as they host "At the Movies" Trivia Night on Friday, February 7th. The event will be held at Gottzz's Restaurant in Carmi at 7:00 p.m. This year's event...

The Wayne City Village Board met this past Monday night to address several important matters. Trustee Steven Buxton reported that lawyer Steven Walters from Walters Law Firm in Metropolis requires a c...