Category Archives: Local News

Officials with the VFW Post 8222 Auxiliary, presented prizes on Tuesday to the second and third place winners of this year’s Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest. Eighth grader Lydia Shelby from We...

A new partnership between the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and the Illinois Certification Board (ICB) is removing barriers for individuals who want to become certified to help people s...

State officials say the Illinois rainy day fund has topped two-billion dollars — a milestone they say they didn’t know they would reach only a few years ago. The Illinois comptroller’...

Illinois health officials caution residents against eating fruit from one company in the aftermath of an outbreak of listeria. Illinois is among seven states listed in an advisory about the outbreak, ...

Triple A expects Illinois to see the second highest number of travelers for the Thanksgiving holiday since 2005. For anyone hitting the road, the agency recommends doing so before 11 o-clock in the mo...

The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Eastern Community College District No. 529 met Tuesday night, November 21st at Frontier Community College, Fairfield, Illinois. Based on their last revision dates...

The IECC Board of Trustees is set to meet this evening at 6:15 PM at Frontier Community College. At the meeting, the board will approve the consent agenda. Items on the consent agenda include student ...

Wayne County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for the arrest of the person or persons who stole a Blue 1991 Nissan truck from the Kevin Schroeder residence in Wayne City. If you have any information...

Wayne County Sheriff’s Officials have made an arrest in the shooting that took place in Cisne earlier this month. According to information from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, Sheri...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer services within and outside of the Hospital. Halie...