Category Archives: Local News

The Edwards County Commissioners are set to meet Monday Morning at 9 AM at the Edwards County Courthouse. During the session, there are a pair of road resurfacing projects and bridge projects on the a...

The Albion City Council is set to meet Monday Evening at 7 at Albion City Hall. Under old business, the city will look to approve an ordinance to sign federal contracts, let bids out for another secti...

Flora City Council is set to meet this afternoon at 4:30 at City Hall. Under public comments, the council will hear from Clay County Cruisers Inc. The cruisers will make a request to use Charley Brown...

The National Weather Service is highlighting the potential for Severe Weather throughout our area early next week. According to information released by the National Weather Service at Paducah, the ent...

A group of Illinois lawmakers from both sides of the aisle wants to make a program that helps farmers and small food producers a permanent program. The Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program is award...

State public health officials say levels of the respiratory virus remain flat across Illinois. Meanwhile, cases of COVID-19 continue to fall. Health officials say the flu season can last through May, ...

A new report says most Illinois school districts are facing a serious teacher shortage. The report comes from the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools. The report shows 93 perce...

This week’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore could have an impact on Illinois farmers. A container ship slammed into the bridge early Tuesday, causing the bridge’s col...

Lawmakers in Springfield have begun debating the latest plan to pay some people in Illinois a guaranteed income. Legislation would create a one thousand-dollar per-month guaranteed income program. The...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies respondee to an apartment Fairfield early this morning in an attempt to locate Gage Devers. After consent was given to enter the residence Deputies located Devers hidin...