Category Archives: Local News

The Sims Community Center will host Bingo Night this Thursday, April 10th, at 6:30pm. There will be 20 games with three cards per game for a $20 donation. Prizes will include gift certificates, baked ...

Frito-Lay has announced a recall for certain 13-ounce bags of Tostitos Cantina Traditional Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips due to potential contamination with undeclared ingredients. Some of these chip bag...

Edwards County High School recently selected April's Student of the Month. The nominees were: Thaylee Dunaway, Ben Koertge, Cy Nelson, JW Simms-Reisner, Raegan Stroughmatt, and Jake Wiseman.   Th...

A FREEZE WARNING issued by The National Weather Service remains in effect until 9am this (Tuesday) morning for all of Southern Illinois. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 to 30 degrees expected o...

  Here's the current river stages according to the US Geological Survey. Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 29.77 feet (flood stage is at 17 ft.) The Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a readi...

The Edwards County Farm Bureau Foundation recently announced their 2025 Collegiate Scholarship winners. This year the Foundation awarded $4,500 in scholarships to Edwards County students pursuing degr...

  The Albion City Council met in regular session last (Monday) night. Here with a recap of the meeting is our Edwards County Correspondent, Mark Curtis.

The Johnsonville Ruritan club will have their community fish fry on Saturday, April 12th at the Johnsonville Ruritan Building. The event starts at 5pm with the meal consisting of Fish or Chicken, Frie...

The Geff Ruritan Club will hold their monthly all-you-can-eat breakfast on Saturday, April 12th at the Geff Ruritan building from 7am to 9am. A 50/50 drawing will be held. All proceeds will go toward ...

The tax filing deadline is quickly approaching. The Illinois Department of Revenue is reminding taxpayers that April 15th is the deadline to file 2024 state individual income tax returns. The agency b...