Category Archives: Local News

    The Fairfield Community High School chapter of the National Honor Society held their Induction Ceremony on Wednesday night where National Honor Society Sponsor Kristi Anderson named 20 j...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer service within and outside of the Hospital. Kaitly...

    Frontier Community College will host several upcoming nursing information sessions, both in-person and virtually, for 2025 and 2026. All applicants must attend one of these sessions prio...

(pictured left to right: Cale Shannon, Reese Beckel, Lillian McCarthy, Bryli Flexter and Lester Jordan) The Cisne FFA Greenhand Quiz Bowl team earned top honors at the Section 23 Greenhand Quiz Bowl c...

In Wayne County Circuit Court Tuesday, several individuals entered guilty pleas to various charges. 24-year-old, Chloe McNeil of Wayne City pled guilty to Unlawful Sale of Alcoholic Liquor to a Minor....

Clay County farmer and former state lawmaker Darren Bailey and running mate, Aaron Del Mar will officially launch their campaign for Illinois Governor and Lieutenant Governor tomorrow (Thursday). Bail...

(Pictured L-R Colten Bradford, Megan Marlowe, Alyssa Parrott) Three members of the Illinois electric cooperative community have earned the Certified Cooperative Communicator (CCC) designation through ...

The Wayne County Retired Teachers Association will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, October 7th at the Wayne City Methodist Church. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., followed by the program and bus...

The Clay County Sheriff's Office arrested a Flora man after responding to a 911 call that escalated into reports of gunfire last Friday afternoon in rural Clay County. Deputies were dispatched to a re...

The Friends of the Fairfield Public Library are inviting the community to support local literacy and library programs at their upcoming pork burger sale. The event will take place on Saturday, Septemb...