Category Archives: Local News

Media reports out of Mt. Vernon, IL say a former vice president and loan officer for Community First Bank of the Heartland, based in Mt. Vernon, who committed bank fraud and several arsons has been se...

Here's the latest on the area river stages as of this morning, which remain on the low side and slightly lower from Saturday morning's readings. The Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 4.26 fe...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital announces the addition of Amber Loya, APN, FNP, who has joined the Medical Staff of Fairfield Memorial Hospital's Urgent Care Clinic. Mrs. Loya is a Family Nurse Practition...

A Rinard, IL man was arrested earlier this week following a search of his home by deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and officials with the Wayne County Probation Office. According to a F...

Here's the area river stages as of this morning: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 4.28 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the river is at 3.73 feet. Flood stage is 18 feet. At Carmi...

Reports out of Marion County say an Odin, IL woman died Friday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving crashed into an Amtrak train on Westline Road about a half-mile north of U.S. Route 50 in Mari...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital announces the addition of Jerad Diaz, PA-C, who has joined the staff of Fairfield Memorial Hospital Orthopedic Surgical Clinic. Mr. Diaz is an Orthopedic Physician Assistan...

On Friday at 1:50 p.m. the Clay County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to an address in Xenia in reference to a missing 80 year old female. It was reported that the individual had been missing since 1...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is warning residents to be aware of deer while driving. It is deer mating season, which means deer become more active, mainly at dawn and dusk through Dece...

There are a couple of food pantry events today throughout the area. Kicking off at 9 AM, the Hope Center at 23 West Cherry Street in Albion will have their feed the family event. A requirement of that...