Category Archives: Local News

No one matched the winning numbers in Saturday night's Powerball drawing. The estimated jackpot is now $1.55 billion for the next drawing. The numbers drawn last night were 47, 54, 57, 60, 65 and the ...

The City of Fairfield's Water Department has informed WFIW News that if the public sees fire hydrants in the city running unattended, not to be alarmed. The water department says it is a part of the f...

Homecoming activities at Fairfield Community High School come to a close today. The Fairfield Mules will play Christopher-Ziegler-Royalton in the Homecoming football game at 1 o clock this afternoon a...

Here's the latest on area river stages as of this morning: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 4.54 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the stage is 3.95 feet. Flood stage is 18 feet. A...

Media reports and White County Coroner Chris Marsh indicated a body was found in a shed in Carmi this past Wednesday night. Marsh said police got a call just before 7 p.m. Wednesday of a body found in...

The Poewrball jackpot is now at an estimated $1.4 billion for tonight's drawing after no one matched the numbers drawn this past Wednesday night. The jackpot cash value for tonight's drawing is an est...

The FBI's Springfield, IL office is marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October by directing attention to the ever-increasing number of internet crimes and cyberattacks. The FBI's Springfield Off...

The Illinois State Police is thanking the public for helping them identify the vehicle and driver believed to have been involved in the deadly ammonia tanker crash last week in Effingham County. Autho...

There are several festivals going on this weekend in Southeastern Illinois. One of those festivals is Ryan Fest in Mount Vernon. The festival takes place beginning at 2 PM Saturday at the Mount Vernon...

On Thursday, NBC showed the Megan Nichols episode of Dateline on NBC. We went to Facebook on Friday Morning and asked you what you thought of the episode. According to your comments, some people were ...