Category Archives: Local News

As part of the Edwards County Fair, the Poultry Show will be held tonight at 5:30 at the Edwards County Fairgrounds. Tomorrow night (Friday) will be the Equine Show at 6pm. The fair is set to kick off...

  The Wayne County Soil and Water District Fall Fish Sale is set up for Delivery on Wednesday, September 12th. Grass carp deadline is Thursday, August 29th. All other fish orders due on Thursday,...

The Clay County Fair in Flora continues today (Thursday) with events starting at 9 am with the Open Dairy Show, followed by the 4-H Dog and Cat Show. Joni's Power & Grace Tumbling will take the st...

The Cover Crop Field Day hosted by the Wayne County Soil & Water Conservation District is set for Tuesday, August 20th at 4pm.at the Greg Dickey Farm at 981 County RD 530 in Wayne City. Speakers f...

Fairfield Police arrested 32-year-old Randell Lee Thomas of Fairfield Tuesday on a charge of Battery. Thomas was transported and booked into the Wayne County Jail.     36-year-old Abby Koont...

Several individuals were sentenced in Wayne County Circuit Court on Tuesday. 39-year-old James H. Williams of Geff admitted in court the he violated a previous Order of Probation on a charge Unlawful ...

Illinois State Police Troop 9 responded to a report of a two vehicle accident with injuries Tuesday evening just after 6:30 at the intersection of US 50 and Main St. at Clay City. State Police say a G...

An upcoming auction event at the Illinois State Fair will feature 250 unclaimed property lots for public preview tomorrow (Thursday) before the live auction next month. Among the items up for auction ...

  On Tuesday morning, Travis Chapman took the oath of office as the new Assistant Police Chief of Mt. Vernon. A Facebook post by the Mt. Vernon Police Department highlighted Chapman's background,...

After 37 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Grayville, City Clerk JoEllen Seil is set to retire. City leaders accepted Seil's decision to retire, with her retirement becoming effective on O...