Category Archives: Local News

The Edwards County Farm Bureau has announced the return of its beloved holiday tradition, "Bob's Tree," now in its fourteenth year. The project honors the late Bob Mason, former Edwards County Farm Bu...

Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky say the southern Illinois region could see its first snowflakes of the season Sunday and Sunday night, as a blast of colder air is expe...

Reports from Wabash County say a Mt. Carmel man has been located and is safe after he had been reported missing Thursday morning. According to information from the WSJD website and Facebook page, and ...

  Reports out of Franklin County say a Christopher, IL man faces up to 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after being found guilty of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and predator...

The Rend Lake Conservancy District has received an Energy Transition Community Grant of just over $64,000 from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Plans are to use the grant ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is warning the public about the dangers of consuming raw milk after at least 11 people recently became sick. According to the IDPH it has identified an outbrea...

The First Missionary Baptist Church in Albion will once again host its Free Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, November 27th Deliveries will begin at 10:00 a.m., carry-out pick-up starts at 10:30 a.m., ...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Nicole R. Parker, 37, of Fairfield Thursday night on a Wayne County warrant for failure to appear in court on a prior possession of methamphetamine charge. Par...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies, Fairfield Rural Fire Department and Wayne County Ambulance responded to a one-vehicle accident with injuries Thursday afternoon northeast of Fairfield. The incident oc...

The Fairfield Police Department arrested 49-year-old Brian S. Medler of Fairfield on an outstanding warrant. Officers located Medler at approximately 9:00 PM in the 1000 block of North Laurel Street. ...