Category Archives: Local News

The Fairfield City Council meets Tuesday night at 6 p.m. for their next regular meeting at City Hall. Items appearing on the official agenda include ordinances for TIF Agreements with Gifford Properti...

An Allendale, South Carolina man wanted for murder in South Carolina has been apprehended in Evansville, Indiana. 34-year-old Jonathan Torell Kelly had been the subject of a manhunt in Lawrence County...

No one matched the winning numbers in Saturday night's Powerball drawing. The estimated jackpot is now $1.55 billion for the next drawing. The numbers drawn last night were 47, 54, 57, 60, 65 and the ...

The City of Fairfield's Water Department has informed WFIW News that if the public sees fire hydrants in the city running unattended, not to be alarmed. The water department says it is a part of the f...

Homecoming activities at Fairfield Community High School come to a close today. The Fairfield Mules will play Christopher-Ziegler-Royalton in the Homecoming football game at 1 o clock this afternoon a...

Here's the latest on area river stages as of this morning: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 4.54 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the stage is 3.95 feet. Flood stage is 18 feet. A...

Media reports and White County Coroner Chris Marsh indicated a body was found in a shed in Carmi this past Wednesday night. Marsh said police got a call just before 7 p.m. Wednesday of a body found in...

The Poewrball jackpot is now at an estimated $1.4 billion for tonight's drawing after no one matched the numbers drawn this past Wednesday night. The jackpot cash value for tonight's drawing is an est...

The FBI's Springfield, IL office is marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October by directing attention to the ever-increasing number of internet crimes and cyberattacks. The FBI's Springfield Off...

The Illinois State Police is thanking the public for helping them identify the vehicle and driver believed to have been involved in the deadly ammonia tanker crash last week in Effingham County. Autho...