Category Archives: Local News

Illinois lawmakers are looking at two bills that would provide students free school breakfast and lunches. One would make sure all K-12 schools could get the free meals and be reimbursed by the state ...

A bill in the state Senate would require porn sites to verify their users’ ages. SB-2590 would make companies that own the websites to adopt age verification technology to prevent anyone under 1...

Surplus equipment sales and budget talks dominated the Grayville City Council Meeting on Monday. David Hall of Grayville is the new owner of a 2006 Ford truck designated as excess equipment by the Cit...

There were three lengthy discussions during the Enfield Village Board meeting earlier this week. There was about a half hour discussion concerning water rates. The board eventually decided to raise wa...

The Wayne County Board met Thursday evening for their regular monthly session. Claire Vaughan and Ashley Rutherford from Raylen James Marketing addressed the board, providing an update on a new websit...

Thursday was a busy day of Severe Weather throughout Southern Illinois as severe thunderstorms brought numerous warnings for damaging winds, potential large hail, and isolated tornadoes. The first wat...

32-year old Tiffany A. Perusky of Carmi, Illinois, was sentenced on March 5, 2024 to a total of 4-years in the Illinois Department of Corrections followed by a term of 1-year of Mandatory Supervised R...

Kindergarten Pre-Registration will be held at North Side School Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. This registration is to complete paperwork for children who will atte...

The Fairfield Public School District #112 along with Jasper, New Hope, and Geff School Districts are conducting Child Find/Preschool Screenings for 3 to 5-year-old children. The screenings wil be held...

Hundreds of members of Future Farmers of America headed to the state capitol yesterday for Illinois Agriculture Legislative Day. The students met with Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton and state ag...