Category Archives: Local News

The Fairfield High School After Prom Committee has announced their 12 Days of Christmas winner for December 11th. The $250 winner is Nicole Simpson. The ticket was sold by Kortlyn Crnovich.

Anson Fenton, the former Police Chief of Wayne City, appeared in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis last Friday for his arraignment on charges related to the improper sale of forfeited vehicles for...

Homecoming King and Queen Candidates (Front row left to right): Hadley Walker, Misty Hearle, and Ella Krupp. (Back row left to right): Joshua Biggs, Cooper Bowen, and Ashton Stine.   Cisne High S...

The Illinois ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines continues to be enforceable following a decision from the 7th Circuit US Court of Appeals. Last week, a three-judge panel extended a sta...

The boil water order for Western Wayne Route 4 Water District has been LIFTED. Water is now safe for human consumption.

(photo credit: JCSO Facebook) Sadarius C. Turner, a 25-year-old from Atlanta, GA, is currently in custody following a high-speed chase last Thursday that began in Washington County and ended with a cr...

29-year-old Tanner Jay Horath of Rinard was arrested by Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies last Friday evening on a Wayne County warrant on numerous charges including; Possession of Methamphetamine, Driv...

Wayne County Sheriff's Department responded to a report of a two-vehicle accident last Friday morning in Cisne. Deputies say a 2003 Ford Focus driven by 18-year-old Conner Smith of Cisne was traveling...

Help at Home, Wayne County Senior Citizens Center and Chamber of Commerce would like to announce the Annual Senior Citizen's Christmas Light Tour is tonight (Monday). Must be 55 and older to ride. Rid...

Albion's Our Angel of Hope of SE Illinois Committee, a 501C3 non-profit organization is selling raffle tickets for the holidays for a chance to win a $600 gift certificate at Country Home Processing i...