Category Archives: Local News

Carmi police arrested an Albion woman early Wednesday morning. According to the incident report released by Carmi Chief of Police Jason Carter, 37 year old Tabitha S. Wodward of Albion was arrested ab...

The Illinois State Police have released some new details on the murder investigation in Olney. Officials say the investigation is ongoing. In a release just before 10 Wednesday Morning, Illinois State...

Wayne County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for the arrest of the person or persons who entered a storage shed and removed a Whirlpool front load washer and dryer, plus 4 windows, from the Mark Sm...

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is opening a new state-of-the-art health center in Carbondale. The Carbondale Health Center expands access to reproductive health care services for both Illinois residen...

Illinois’ population is down for a tenth year in a row. New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show the state lost nearly 33-thousand residents between July 2022 and July 2023, trailing only ...

The Illinois minimum wage is set to increase another dollar on January 1st. Beginning Sunday, the new required minimum wage will be 14-dollars an hour. There have been six increases in the state minim...

White County Treasurer Micheal Baxley is alerting residents the annual tax sale is coming up. The Treasurer's office will hold it's annual tax sale on Friday, February 2nd at the new Treasurer's offic...

Tuesday evening, Jefferson County authorities warned the public traveling on a portion of Highway 15 between Wayne City and Mount Vernon about a large group of cows out of a pasture following a Car vs...

Fairfield City Police arrested a Fairfield man on a trespassing charge Monday Evening. At 7:52 PM, Fairfield Police arrested 40-year-old Edward Riley on the charge. Officers say they found Riley on pr...

The Edwards County School Board met in regular session Monday night and heard from ADG architects concerning the possible construction of a bus maintenance barn which would be located on property owne...