Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is now monitoring a measles outbreak in Southern Illinois, where four cases have been confirmed locally. Two new cases were reported over the weekend, a...

Understaffing at National Weather Service (NWS) offices across the country-and locally-is raising serious safety concerns as storm season reaches its peak. The NWS is tasked with monitoring and issuin...

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a DENSE FOG ADVISORY until 9am this morning for portions of Southern Illinois along and east of I-57, Southwest Indiana, and parts of West Kentucky n...

23-year-old Daniel Robert Gibbs of Wayne City was arrested Thursday night by Wayne County Sherriff's Deputies on a Gibson County Indiana warrant for Failure to Appear. According to court records, Gibb...

The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Golf Scramble on Friday, May 23rd, with tee times available at 8am and 1pm. The event will take place at the Fairfield Country Club Golf Cours...

Fairfield Community High School will hold their Awards Day ceremony Friday morning in the FCHS gym. This event is an opportunity to celebrate the outstanding achievements and hard work the student hav...

The City of McLeansboro is gearing up for its annual City Wide Cleanup, scheduled to take place from May 28th through May 31st.   Residents can drop off their cleanup items at the city's light pl...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan, who served time in prison for corruption, has passed away at the age of 91.   A Republican, Ryan was the 39th governor of Illinois, holding office from 1999 ...

Here's the current river stages according to the US Geological Survey. Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 23.77 feet (flood stage is at 17 ft.) The Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a reading of 1...

The Mt. Carmel Police Department announces the passing of retired Mount Carmel Police Department K-9, Ace.   Ace began his service in of April 2014 with Sergeant Steve Perry. In July 2017, Ace's ...