Category Archives: Local News

The Village of Burnt Prairie, along with Mill Shoals and Springerton, will be flushing hydrants through the end of the month. Residents may experience low water pressure or temporary water discolorati...

(L to R: Jessica Bare co-leader, Hannah Bare, Aleya Bare, Zoey Bare, Aaron Carrell, Lane Abbott, John Carrell, Diezel Toutloff, and leader Norma Hamilton.)   The Bone Gap Cardinals 4-H Club has p...

The McLeansboro City Council met Tuesday night for its regular monthly session. During the meeting, residents raised concerns about teenagers speeding and driving recklessly on Hurst Street, citing se...

The Shawnee National Forest is now offering Christmas tree cutting permits for the 2025 holiday season. Permits are on sale now at Recreation.gov and cost $5 per tree, plus a small online processing f...

Huck's Convenience Store at 1st and West Main Street in downtown Fairfield has finished a major renovation project, transforming both the inside and outside of the store. A new fuel station is now ope...

A weekend drug-related incident at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center is drawing sharp criticism from the Darren Bailey/Aaron Del Mar governor campaign, which says the situation highlights what it ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced details Monday of its Stage 2 allocation in the total Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP), pegged at $16 billion. The announcement arrives as relie...

Hunters across Illinois are gearing up for the first firearm deer season, which opens one half hour before sunrise on Friday and runs through one half hour after sunset on Sunday. The second firearm s...

The government reopened after a record-breaking 43-day shutdown as a new funding package signed by the president restores operations across federal agencies and extends the farm bill through September...

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois have concluded their annual Fall Product Program for 2025, raising over $485,000 through the sale of treats, magazines, and novelty items. Katie Grayling, Director of ...