Category Archives: Local News

New state troopers who graduate from the Illinois State Police Academy are in line to receive a starting salary of 90-thousand dollars. State Police Director Brendan Kelly says the starting salary ref...

The FAA is warning of potential delays for commercial flights during next month’s total solar eclipse. The rare astronomical event will happen April 8th with the path of totality across a dozen ...

The latest census figures show Illinois is outpacing Neighboring states in population decline. From 2022 until last year, Illinois was the only state to see its residential population fall. The presid...

The Fairfield City Council met Tuesday evening for their second March session, working through an 8 item agenda in 30 minutes. The council unanimously voted to purchase the current Midwest Food Bank b...

The Wayne County Farm Bureau has announced the award of 14 Wayne County 4-Hers who have earned a 2024 4-H Project Grant. The total of grants for this cycle are $1,614.73. 4-Hers receiving a 2024 Proje...

A Few Fairfield FFA members competed at the State FFA Awards Day on Saturday in Mt. Zion. Lainie Clark placed 3rd in Agriscience Integrated Systems with her multi-year projects in agriscience research...

Governor J.B. Pritzker has headed westward on an economic development trip. The governor left Illinois yesterday to fly to California to meet with business and film industry leaders about the filmmaki...

The Volunteers for a Progressive Fairfield have announced a Pre-Eclipse Duck Race Fundraiser for the eclipse weekend. The duck race will take place a Leo French Park on Sunday, April 7th at 5 PM. Duck...

The Mill Shoals board met for their March meeting with their first topic pertaining to the new rates of the Community Center. Several rates were proposed along with how many hours rental would occur. ...

Due to an unexpected and unavoidable conflict, the graduation date and times have changed for Grayville schools. The ceremonies at Grayville will now be held on Saturday, May 11th at 11:30 A.M. &...