Category Archives: Local News

The Wayne City Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, recognizing the achievements of several students and teams.   The Board acknowledged the junior high cheerleaders...

    The 14th Annual "Farmer's Share Breakfast" returns to Albion.   The breakfast is being sponsored by the Edwards County Farm Bureau and the Edwards County FFA. It will be held on Sat...

Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 9 Commander, Captain Nathan Douglas, announces the ISP will conduct Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Wayne, Marion, Hamilton, Wabash, and Clay counties during ...

Trivia Night hosted at the Iuka General Baptist Church 600 Parkview Ave in Iuka will be held on Saturday, March 1st. Doors open at 5pm with trivia beginning at 5:30pm and will conclude at 8pm. Donatio...

Wayne County Sheriff Chris Otey reports the arrest of 31 year old Sarah E. Devous of Mill Shoals at approximately 9:33 p.m. Thursday. Sheriff Otey said the arrest came following a traffic stop, and oc...

  Police in Washington County, Illinois say they arrested two people following a traffic stop late Thursday night. One of those arrested was from Wayne City. Reports say the driver of the vehicle...

Some area rivers remain on the high side as of this morning. Here's the latest stages: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is above flood stage at 22.72 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay Cit...

  Some changes are coming for Illinois high school students preparing to apply for college. Reports say students will now be required to take the ACT test instead of the SAT for the state's stand...

TILTON - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 5 special agents arrested 23-year-old Ryan N. Emory from Tilton, IL for 11 counts of Dissemination of Child Pornograp...

24-year-old Kaleb Herren of Fairfield appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday and admitted to violating a previous order of probation on an original charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphet...