Category Archives: Local News

A Public Hearing for the purpose of presenting the FY 2025 School Budget for Edwards County CUSD #1, Counties of Edwards, Wabash, Wayne and Richland, State of Illinois, will be held on September 19, 2...

APARTMENT COMPLEX IN MCLEANSBORO DAMAGED BY FIRE LAST THURSDAY     The McLeansboro Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment complex last Thursday morning just before 8:30 on W. Meadow ...

Weather permitting, the Village of Wayne City will be oiling and rocking streets in Wayne City on Wednesday, September 18th starting at 8:30 a.m. This has been changed from the original plans of start...

Two 11 year old kids are in legal trouble after an incident earlier this week at a Centralia school. According to published reports, Centralia Police said they were informed of a threat made on Septem...

Edwards County Treasurer Jennifer Thomason says as of September 13th, Edwards County has received about 78 percent of taxes extended and distributed $5,900,704.65 for the first distribution. Informati...

Some rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Francine are moving through the southern Illinois region this weekend, bringing the area some rainfall, but it's not expected to be enough to have major im...

Illinois State Police have announced the arrest of a Decatur, IL man for possession of child sexual abuse material. According to a Facebook post, ISP announced the arrest of 28-year-old Dustin M. Blan...

    The 2024 Hamilton/Wayne/White County Relay For Life season ended on August 31st. This year's event was amazingly successful as official results reveal a total of $62,394 raised in honor ...

Guilty pleas were handed down in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday. 65-year-old Duane Parrent of Fairfield pled guilty to a charge of Disorderly Conduct and was placed on one year of court supervisi...

The Wayne County Board met last (Thursday) with a light agenda. Vice Chairman Gene Kollak called the meeting to order in the absence of Chairman Daryl Hargrave.   Hwy Engineer Dennis Seidel prese...