Category Archives: Local News
Edwards County Church To Celebrate 200th Homecoming Soon
An Edwards County Church is preparing to celebrate its 200th homecoming celebration with a block party on the square in Albion this weekend. The Little Prairie Christian Church, located at 857 County ...
Tony Collins Sep 11, 2023
FCHS Scholastic Team finishes 2-1 At First Academic Meet
The Fairfield Community High School Scholastic Team finished 2-1 on the day in the home SIAC meet. According to high school officials, the team only lost on the final toss up question to Centralia. Ch...
Tony Collins Sep 11, 2023
Small Earthquake Reported Near West Salem
The US Geologic Survey has announced that there was an earthquake in the West Salem area early Sunday Morning. The quake happened 5.59 miles northeast of West Salem with a magnitude of 2.5 of the Rich...
Tony Collins Sep 11, 2023
September 2023 Quilts of Valor Ceremony (VIDEO)
Tony Collins Sep 10, 2023
City Council Preview
The Fairfield City Council is set to meet this Tuesday night at 6 for their next regular meeting. Items on the agenda include resolutions approving a Revolving Loan with RJ Marketing LLC and a resolut...
Tony Collins Sep 10, 2023
Fall Fun Fest This Week
Fairfield's annual Fall Fun Fest opens this week in downtown Fairfield, with pleasant weather expected for the event. Activities begin Wednesday night with a performance by the Roasted Chestnuts on th...
Tony Collins Sep 10, 2023
River Stages
Here's the area river stages as of this morning: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 4.86 feet, below the 17-foot flood stage. At Clay City the stage is 4.13 feet. Flood stage is 18 feet. The ...
Tony Collins Sep 09, 2023
New Electric Vehicle Plant
A new electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant is coming to Illinois. The facility will be located north of Kankakee in Manteno, Illinois. Governor J.B. Pritzker says the $2 billion state-of-the-a...
Tony Collins Sep 09, 2023
Immigrant On Bus Dies From Bacterial Infection
The Marion County Coroner says an autopsy revealed a bacterial infection led to the death of three-year-old Jismary Gonzalez, who died on a bus taking immigrants from Texas to Chicago last month along...
Tony Collins Sep 09, 2023
Centralia, IL Man Charged
Reports out of Marion County say a 37-year-old homeless man has been charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one count of unlawful restraint. Bryce Jones had bond set at $100,0...
Tony Collins Sep 09, 2023