Category Archives: Local News

Two Fairfield Mules and two Edwards Co. Lions Boy's Basketball players have been named to the Black Diamond Conference-East Team. Justice Dagg and Brayton Robertson from the Mules were selected along ...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review a case regarding a Carbondale ordinance that created a buffer zone between anti-abortion activists and individuals seeking reproductive care. This de...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has launched a new program offering cost-share and financial incentives for producers and landowners who are new to using cover crops or who implement tec...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed its previous decision allowing year-round E15 sales in eight Midwest states, including Illinois, starting April 28th.   In response to...

A special meeting of the Fairfield Community High School board has been set for this Wednesday night starting at 6 p.m. in the FCHS District Office. Items on the agenda under New Business include: Con...

  Media reports say two Olney residents were arrested after allegedly sending marijuana with a five-year-old child to preschool. Officials with the Olney Police Department say they received a com...

  Flora police report the arrest of a Flora resident earlier this week following an investigation of a complaint of an individual harassing minors by electronic means. Reports out of Clay County ...

Area rivers are below flood stage this morning. The latest stages: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 13.47 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the reading is 8.64 feet. Flood stage is...

  Later this month will mark the 100th anniversary of the Tri State Tornado of 1925 that struck southeast Illinois,as well as parts of southeast Missouri, and southwest Indiana. The tornado struc...

Jeremy L. Tucker has been appointed a new defense attorney as he continues his efforts to withdraw his guilty plea in connection to the death of 15-year-old RE Carter. Tucker, 49, of Fairfield, is cur...