Category Archives: Local News

The City of Fairfield's Business District Committee is holding a public meeting on Wednesday, April 9th, 2025, at 4:30 PM. The meeting will take place at Fairfield City Hall and will focus on the foll...

University of Illinois Extension is expanding the reach of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education by adding a local SNAP-Ed Educator. Alizah Harper will serve as the SNAP-Ed Educator ...

Flooding continues in the region this morning following several inches of rainfall that has fallen this week. According to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, radar estimates show betwe...

The Fairfield City Council meets this Tuesday night at 6 p.m. Preceding the regular meeting is a Public Hearing at 5:50 p.m. concerning the opening of bids for the sale of property on NE 7th Street. R...

  Unemployment was down in the south-central Illinois region for February, according to information from the Illinois Department of Employment Security. They say over-the-year, the unemployment r...

Wayne City High School Senior, Haley Shelton has been selected as Senior of the Month for April. Haley is the daughter of Cody & Sara Shelton and has been active in the Beta Club for three years, ...

  The Wayne County Sheriff's Department arrested 38-year-old Brandon Michael Gregory of Wayne City Thursday on a Wayne County warrant charging him with; Indecent Solicitation of a Child, Grooming...

19-year-old Isaiah Hickox of Fairfield pled guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday to a charge of Battery, a class A misdemeanor. Hickox was placed on one year of non-reporting Court Supervisio...

The National Weather Service in Paducah warns that ongoing showers and storms have already produced 2 to 5 inches of rainfall across much of the region, with some isolated areas receiving up to 8 inch...

The Fairfield Community High School Senior Prom is set for this Saturday, April 5th with the prom to be held this year at Willow Creek Venue South of Fairfield. The schedule is as follows:   2pm ...