Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois State Police have released new details on an incident that happened earlier this eeek at East Fork Lake in Olney. On Monday, a boat accident occurred on the lake, located in Richland Coun...

The Fairfield Community High School Board will meet at 6 this evening in the study hall room at Fairfield Community High School. Under Old Business, the board will have Second Reading and approval of ...

The Fairfield Water Department has advised the following areas are under a boil order: East Douglas Street from 1st Street to SE 6th Street SE 6th Street from East Center Street to East Douglas Street...

The McLeansboro City Council met Tuesday night for its regular monthly meeting. Dustin Larkin of A2B Productions addressed the board about bringing his street racing TV show, Grudge Street, to film in...

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that an earthquake hit southeast Illinois. The quake shook the area about four miles southeast of Lawrenceville Monday night. The earthquake had a magnitude of ...

The city of Fairfield reminds residents that this Friday will be a large item pickup. Guidelines for the large item pickup provided by Sunrise Sanitation, the city's sanitation services provider is as...

A boil order has been issued for the south side of West Delaware from Airport Road to the T-Mobile store. Water used for human consumption needs to be boiled until samples have passed testing. Officia...

Illinois State Representative Dave Severin and Illinois State Senator Terri Bryant are partnering together for a Small Town Tour that is set to take Place August 21-24. Tour stops will be made in McLe...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is offering CPR Certification to the public free of charge. The class will be held on August 23rd from 9:00am - 1:00pm in the FMH Medical Arts Complex Education Rooms locat...

East Fork Lake in Olney will remain closed as the search efforts continue for an individual who went missing. Reports out of Richland County surfaced Monday just after 4 PM that an individual was miss...