Category Archives: Local News

A federal judge is halting an Illinois law targeting so-called "crisis pregnancy centers." During a hearing yesterday, the judge granted a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to immediately ha...

The Edwards County 4-H Goat Show was held Tuesday afternoon, August 1. In the Dairy Goat division, Parker Biggsshowed the Grand Champion Dairy Female. Adalynn Potter showed the Reserve Grand Champion ...

The Edwards County 4-H Swine show was held Tuesday, August 1st. Grand Champion Swine Female went to Emerie Moore. Ryleigh Moorehad the Reserve Champion Swine Female. Emerie Moore showed the Grand Cham...

Wayne County Sheriff's Officials have released information on a pair of incidents that have taken place this week. On Tuesday at 12:37 AM, Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a...

A wet overnight has led to several commute issues heading north into Clay County from Wayne County. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning around 1:15 this morning was issued for Wayne County for winds in exce...

Edwards County Sheriff's Officials have released information on a few recent arrests in the county. On Sunday at 4:16 PM, law enforcement in Edwards County say that they observed Justin Harms riding a...

The solar eclipse is months away and with that, the Fairfield area is expecting many of visitors to the area. There may be ideas by some individuals to start up short-term rentals such as Air B-N-Bs o...

Wabash Area Development has announced that Pack for Success Backpacks were made available yesterday. In a Facebook post from WADI, officials say they were able to fill 75 backpacks with school supplie...

A Special School Board Meeting has been announced for Fairfield Public School District 112 for tonight. That meeting will take place at 6 PM in the board room at Center Street School. There will be a ...

Weather permitting, the Fairfield Pool will be offering a free swim this evening from 7 until 9 PM. The free swim is being sponsored by the Wayne County Democrats. There will also be a free swim this ...