Category Archives: Local News

Coy Masterson, 40 of Burnt Prairie, was arrested on Tuesday for an active warrant out for his arrest. An officer arrived at the White County Courthouse, where Masterson turned himself in, and placed M...

Grayville wants you...and they want to pay you to take up residence there. At Monday night's Grayville council meeting, Mayor Travis Thompson laid out how he'd like the New Resident Attraction Program...

Fairfield National Bank has announced that Jarod Weaver has joined the bank's Board of Directors. He replaces long-time Director Kent Vinson, who recently retired after twenty-five years of service to...

The Fairfield City Council met last night for their first session of 2024. Guidelines for the new Business Tax District dollars were discussed at length with several details proposed. The dollars will...

The Cisne High School Varsity Scholar Bowl Team won the MTC Tournament Championship last night. Joshua Biggs was named the Tournament MVP, Mikkie Hearle was on the All-Tournament team, and Alex Paul w...

The FCHS Board will meet in a special session on Thursday at 5:30 PM in the Study Hall of Fairfield Community High School. The main purpose of the meeting is to hear a presentation from Mike Ewald of ...

More than two dozen concerned citizens showed up to weigh in on recent changes at the Mill Shoals Community Center during the January 4th Village Board Meeting. Residents and citizens of neighboring c...

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is celebrating the opening of a new state-of-the-art health center in Carbondale. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held yesterday for the new Carbondale Health Center. The ...

Five animals are dead following a house fire in Effingham. The blaze started yesterday at a home in the 13-hundred block of South Willow Street. Three cats and two dogs were killed. The cause of the f...

The U.S. Supreme Court is denying an Illinois lawmaker’s request to review Illinois’ high court ruling that upheld the state’s assault weapons ban. The denial of State Representative...