Category Archives: Local News

The Fairfield Memorial Hospital Foundation is offering community members an opportunity to leave a permanent mark on the hospital through its commemorative brick program. For $500, supporters can purc...

Farmers, farm families and farmworkers are invited to a Farmer Appreciation Harvest Lunch in Browns. The lunch will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at the West Elevator in Browns. Serving will begin at 11 ...

Wabash Area Development, Inc. has announced that funding is available to help income-eligible households with natural gas, propane and electric bills, as well as furnace assistance for inoperable heat...

University of Illinois Extension serving Edwards, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash and Wayne counties is bringing back the local Hunters Feeding Illinois program as archery deer season begins Thursday. The ...

The Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with Vortex, is offering local producers an opportunity to try cover crops through a free 50-acre demonstration. Under the program...

Illinois State Police Troop 9 Commander, Captain Bruce Waggoner, has announced the ISP will be conducting Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement, or ACE, patrols in Wayne, Clay, White, Lawrence, Marion an...

As we close out the month of September and head into October, fairly quiet and seasonable weather is expected, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. The next few days are exp...

Unemployment rates in southern Illinois didn't change much in the month of August, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Wayne County's rate came in at 4.3 percent for August, c...

Media reports out of Williamson County say a social worker has had an additional felony charge of criminal sexual assault filed against her. 37 year old Autumn Watson of Marion faces charges in connec...

  The U.S. Senate returns to work with another attempt expected to advance a new five-year farm bill, a major priority for agriculture groups as the current extension approaches its Sept. 30 expi...