Category Archives: Local News

The Fairfield City Council has a lite agenda with a pair of items on it. The council will look at approving bids potentially for the painting of the west water tower. Following that, the council will ...

JW Simms-Reisner was selected as the District FFA Proficiency Winner in Sheep Production. He is a member of the Edwards County FFA Chapter of the Illinois Association FFA. IIllinois FFA recognizes stu...

Cisne FFA Members Allison Shannon, Ava Lewis, and Makayla Morse (back row) Aidyn Dickey, Kenzie Alvis, Claire Matthews and Mikkie Hearle finished as the 2nd place team at the District V Conduct of Cha...

Hamilton Memorial Hospital is encouraging Hamilton County residents to take a step toward better health with Walk with a Doc, a health program that brings doctors and patients together to walk. Join H...

Illinois lawmakers are debating a bill that would pay student teachers as they’re learning to teach students. Under the bill, student teachers would be paid about ten-thousand dollars per semest...

A bill that targets cold cases is under consideration by state lawmakers in Springfield. Yesterday, lawmakers in the House held a hearing into a proposed bill that would let survivors ask police to re...

Fairfield Police and Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies on Saturday arrested an Evansville Woman following a traffic stop in the area of Casey's General Store on South 1st Street. At 4:11 PM, authorities...

The Norris City Village Board met last week for their monthly meeting. Kim Winter and Becky McCormick of Coins for Cancer, which offers financial assistance to residents with cancer in White County, s...

Payrolls in Illinois rose last month while the jobless rate in the state held steady. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports the unemployment rate remains at four-point-seven percent. ...

A bill that would require social media sites to pay for news content from other media sites is stirring debate in Springfield. The state Senate bill would create a structure for online news outlets to...