Category Archives: Local News

The Village of Wayne City has scheduled the Spring Town-wide rummage sales for Friday & Saturday, May 3rd & 4th. To be put on the sales list. you need to call Wayne City Village Hall by Tues...

The McLeansboro Police Department has introduced their newly hired School Resource Officer Patrolman Anthony Amato to the community. Amato will cover the school facilities within McLeansboro, which in...

A once-in-a-lifetime emergence of two broods of cicadas will make for an especially noisy spring — and some areas of Illinois will be hit harder than others. Researchers say in some areas of cen...

A bill that would ban certain types of food additives is advancing in the Illinois Senate. The bill would prohibit certain additives that are often used in candies, soda and other highly processed foo...

An Illinois lawmaker is sponsoring a bill to help residents who move to Illinois from other states because of restrictions on healthcare and other personal issues. The bill is a response to laws in so...

The Edwards County School Board was set to meet tomorrow evening, but the meeting has been moved to February 27th. The change is due to the Edwards County Lady Lions playing in the Sectional Champions...

The Clay County Sheriff’s Department has announced a new feature that is a part of their mobile app. Department officials say that you can now request extra patrols with the press of the Extra P...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital and FMH Home Health have earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold S...

The Fairfield Park District is now accepting applications for Lifeguards for the summer. Lifeguards must be 15 years of age by the date of certification classes in May. Certification or recertificatio...

During the morning before heading to work on Tuesday, gas was $3.35 per gallon at most filling stations. Just before 9, many stations raised gas prices to $3.69 per gallon, a 34 cent per gallon jump. ...