Category Archives: Local News

Saturday night around 7:30, Fairfield Police located 29-year-old Nicole Boyd of Wayne City in the 400 block of Spring Street. Boyd was wanted on a Wayne County Warrant (Unlawful Possession of Methamph...

50-year-old Victor Young of Centralia was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department Friday afternoon on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Driving While Lice...

  Several inches of rain fell over the weekend and according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, a FLOOD WARNING remains in effect for the Skillet Fork River at Wayne City affecting Wayne...

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting enrollments and elections for the 2025 Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). The deadline is April 15, 2025. ARC and PLC provide ...

A boil order has been issued for the Bt Prairie Water System from Lewis Scrap Metal going west to Shrewsbury Road in Mill Shoals. For questions, call Wayne Carter at 618-383-5850.

Illinois State Police Troop 9 Commander, Captain Nathan Douglas, has released the results of the Distracted Driving Enforcement Program conducted in Marion and Wayne counties during March. This initia...

Johnsonville LLC, based in Momence, IL, is recalling 22,672 pounds of cheddar bratwurst after receiving consumer complaints about hard plastic in the product, as reported by the USDA's Food Safety and...

The Women's Center at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital marked a significant milestone with a record-breaking 150 births in March 2025, making it their busiest month ever.   A spokeswoman for th...

The National Weather Service has issued a FREEZE WARNING in effect for all of Southern Illinois tonight (Monday) and until 9am Tuesday morning. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 to 30 degrees exp...

The City of Fairfield's Business District Committee is holding a public meeting on Wednesday, April 9th, 2025, at 4:30 PM. The meeting will take place at Fairfield City Hall and will focus on the foll...