Category Archives: Local News

The Cornerstone Church of Fairfield will be hosting its Semi-Annual Homecoming/Prom Dress giveaway. The event will be held on, Saturday, February 17th, from 8 AM until Noon in the Fellowship Hall. The...

The Fairfield FFA Alumni is hosting the annual Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner on Friday February 16th at Fairfield Community High School Cafeteria before the FCHS Boys Basketball game with Carmi-White ...

The Albion Park was awarded $3,000 in funds from the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) Rural Development Grant Program. The funds will be used to assist with expenses associated with the second phase of a mu...

The date has been set for the 2024 Edwards County Farmer's Share Breakfast has been set for March 23rd. The breakfast is being sponsored by the Edwards County Farm Bureau and the Edwards County FFA. I...

The Wayne County Spelling Bee will be held on February 8, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at the Fairfield City Hall. The top 2 winners from each Wayne County School are eligible to participate. The event will be b...

Jordan Davis will headline the Illinois State Fair Grandstand this summer. The award-winning singer-songwriter will be performing August 13th. Davis recently earned his sixth career number-one with hi...

Illinoisans are being encouraged to take advantage of savings offered by the newly expanded Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit. The EITC is a benefit that helps low to moderate income workers get a tax...

Illinois lawmakers are pushing to eliminate the subminimum wage for tipped workers. The proposed legislation would raise the hourly rate for tipped workers to minimum wage. The measure would phase out...

The Albion city council met in a special session Tuesday night to discuss the proposed agreement with w2e to sell water to the city of Albion and the city of Grayville once the new water filtration pl...

Crimestoppers of Wayne County is offering a reward for the arrest of the person or persons who entered a rented storage building by Marvin Bailey and removed from the storage building oxygen & ac...