Category Archives: Local News

Illinois election officials say they saw a significant use of vote-by-mail for voters casting ballots in Tuesday’s primary, with many people voting early. They report almost 430-thousand Illinoi...

The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Eastern Community College District No. 529 met Tuesday night, March 19th at Lincoln Trail College, Robinson, Illinois. The Board recognized Student Trustee Guadal...

Sean Henry and Rod Martin of Klinger & Associates spoke to the board about various projects including the sanitary sewer project and the lead service line inventory. They will have a budget for w...

Wayne County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for arrest of the person or persons who entered a locked storage building rented by Jaymie Garrett. Officials say the person who entered the storage bui...

New Hope School has announced its Kindergarten Registration. The registration will take place on Thursday, April 11th from 8:30 AM until 3:00 PM at New Hope School. Parents who will be enrolling a chi...

An Albion Firefighter who recently retired was honored by department personnel during a meeting at the Albion Fire Department Tuesday. Don Mosson served as a fireman in Albion for 55 years. He started...

Even though it was Primary Election Day, it was a slow turnout throughout much of the area. Many counties in our area were in the lower 30% area when it came to voter turnout. Of those voters, the vas...

While there were a few county races on the map, there were some other key races for state office, congress, and for US President. In state office races, for State Rep in district 116, Dave Severin def...

The Clay County Clerk’s Office has released their election numbers for the primary election. Overall, there was a 31.74% turnout in Clay County for today’s election. The coroner’s ra...

There were 3 contested races in the Wayne County Primary on Tuesday. In those races, voter turnout was 34.48%. For the Circuit Clerk, Georgiana Fletcher defeated Ellen Sitzes 1699-1612. Fletcher will ...