Category Archives: Local News
DISASTER DECLARATION ISSUED FOR SURROUNDING COUNTIES FOLLOWING APRIL STORMS
The State of Illinois has officially declared the following counties of Wayne, Clay, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Jefferson and Washington counties as disaster areas following the severe storms and flood...
May 19, 2025
FAIRFIELD MAN ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING
Fairfield Police were called to the 500 block of Shoreway Drive Saturday afternoon at 3:30pm to investigate a report of trespassing. Allen R. Harrison, 59 of Fairfield was located in a vacant house. H...
May 19, 2025
2 WAYNE COUNTY BUSINESSES CITED FOR SELLING ALCOHOL TO MINORS DURING ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
The Illinois State Police (ISP) Investigations Zone 8 has announced the results of a recent Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) surveillance operation conducted earlier this month across Wayne Co...
May 19, 2025
NEW PARK SHELTER IN HONOR OF FORMER MAYOR, HARRY MORLAN TO BE DEDICATED TUESDAY EVENING
A new park shelter at Bob Woods Memorial Park in the 400 block of Broadway St. South of Fairfield will be dedicated Tuesday evening at 5:45pm in the honor of the late Harry Morlan, former two-term May...
May 19, 2025
SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Paducah has placed the region under a Marginal to Enhanced Risk of severe thunderstorms tonight, with a Slight to Enhanced Risk continuing into Tuesday and Tuesda...
May 19, 2025
MCLEANSBORO POLICE ARREST RINARD MAN ON MULTIPLE WARRANTS, METH CHARGE
A Wayne County man is in custody after McLeansboro Police arrested him during a traffic stop Friday night on multiple outstanding warrants and a possible new methamphetamine charge. 20-year-old...
May 19, 2025
NEW HOPE GRADE SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS BUDGET, HIRING AND FACILITY UPDATES AT TUESDAY'S MEETING
The New Hope Grade School District Board of Education will meet tomorrow night (Tuesday) 7:00 pm to address a full agenda. The meeting will begin with routine business, including approval of th...
May 19, 2025
FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOARD TO HOLD STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING MAY 27TH
The Fairfield Community High School Board will hold a special school board meeting on Tuesday, May 27th at 5:00 p.m. in the FCHS Study Hall. The meeting will serve as the first session in a series ded...
May 19, 2025
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS NOW UPGRADED THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY TORNADO AN EF-4
The tornado which hit the southern Williamson County area Friday evening has been upgraded to an EF-4. The National Weather Service in Paducah upgraded the tornado on Sunday, stating the peak w...
May 19, 2025
FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS 2025 GRADUATION CEREMONY SATURDAY
Fairfield Community High School celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2025 on Saturday afternoon at 2pm in the high school gym. A large crowd of family, friends, and faculty gathered to honor the ...
May 19, 2025