Category Archives: Local News

24-year-old Bobby Dean Garrison of Flora was arrested Thursday morning by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear on original charges of Improper Lane Usa...

Registration is now open for the Southeastern Agronomy Summit, taking place on Tuesday, January 28th, from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Edwards County Farm Bureau community room, located at 15 South 5th ...

What was intended to be a 15-minute Truth in Taxation hearing at the Carmi City Council meeting on December 17th transformed into a 45-minute appeal from citizens opposing a proposed 12% increase in t...

Sixteen years after the initial deadline, Homeland Security announces that REAL ID will become mandatory next year. A REAL ID is a driver's license that permits you to board domestic flights in the U....

The Eastern Illinois Foodbank will be visiting Clay County on Monday, January 13th, to provide food for families experiencing food insecurity. Attendees are encouraged to bring boxes or bags for trans...

The U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention says Whooping cough cases in the U.S. have surged to their highest level since 2014, with over 32,000 cases reported through mid-December-an increas...

The Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and hundreds of local law enforcement agencies around the state are continuing the national "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campa...

Both Fairfield Police and Wayne County Sheriff's Departments were busy with numerous arrests recently. 31-year-old Tyler Hutcheson of Fairfield was arrested Saturday night by Fairfield Police on a cha...

A 69-year-old man from Wilmington, John Fleet, has been arrested for a Class Four Felony for violating Scott's Law following the tragic death of Illinois State Trooper Clay Carns. The incident occurre...

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced that the state's respiratory illness level has risen from Low to Moderate, indicating an increased risk of exposure to seasonal illnesses ...