Category Archives: Local News

This Wednesday is the next Blood Drive sponsored by the American Red Cross and it will be held in the Family Life Center at the Community of Christ Church at the corner of Windsor Lane and Leininger R...

Clay County Hospital is inviting the community to attend its Health Community Resource Fair on Friday, March 27th. . The event will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Nostalgia Theater, lo...

A Fish Fry Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, March 14th at the Fairfield VFW on East Court St. in to support Jacque Beck, who is undergoing dialysis treatment while awaiting a kidney transplant. Th...

The Illinois State Board of Elections is reminding voters to carefully follow vote-by-mail procedures to ensure their ballots are counted in the upcoming March 17th primary election. In a press releas...

Showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast for the area today and again toward the middle of next week. Temperatures are expected to be closer to normal by midweek next week after running above nor...

Two Mt. Vernon, IL men have been sentenced in separate cases. 71 year old Larry Moss was sentenced to ten years in prison for residential arson in Jefferson County Court after he admitted to setting a...

One area resident has been sentenced after pleading guilty to criminal sexual assault charges, while another has been found guilty of multiple sexual assault charges following a jury trial. Media repo...

  The Wayne County Board will meet for its regular monthly meeting next Thursday, March 12th at 7:00 PM in the upstairs courtroom of the Wayne County Courthouse. The meeting will open with prayer...

  The Fairfield City Council will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 10th at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Council Chambers at 109 NE 2nd St., Fairfield. The agenda will in...

Darin Hopper, Grover Township Highway Commissioner, announced that County Road 815 North will be closed tomorrow (Saturday) for necessary culvert repair work. The affected section is located between 2...