Category Archives: Local News

Center Street School in Fairfield will host its annual Coltbackers Fall Carnival tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. in the school gymnasium and cafeteria. The evening will feature a spaghetti dinner available b...

The Wayne County Retired Teachers Association will hold its next meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, October 7th) at the Wayne City Methodist Church. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., followed by the program...

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive tomorrow (Tuesday, October 7th) from noon to 6 p.m. at the Blue Point Free Will Baptist Church, located northwest of Cisne just off Blue Mound Road. Orga...

The Grayville Senior Center will host a chowder event on Saturday, October 11th beginning at 11 a.m. at the Senior Center, located at 212 East North Street in Grayville Chowder will be available for $...

The former Dean of Instructions at Frontier Community College in Fairfield has been jailed on multiple sex charges. 52-year-old, Dr. Paul Bruinsma of Keenes was lodged into the Wayne County Jail late ...

Despite a decent shower that popped up in Fairfield late Thursday afternoon, the latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map, released Thursday, now shows the entire state of Illinois in Abnormally Dry or drought...

An invasive tick has been detected in southern Illinois. Media reports say the invasive Asian Longhorned Tick was recently found from Clay County cattle brought to a Marion County collection station, ...

Published reports say people are being advised to destroy a toy distributed across the nation due to lead contamination issues. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission, In Motion Design i...

A Cisne woman entered a guilty plea Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court. 35-year-old Gabrielle Gorley pled guilty to Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. She was placed on six months of Court Supervis...

Nearly a year after Judge Denton Aud rejected his bid to withdraw a guilty plea in the 2021 killing of Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Riley, convicted murderer Ray Tate has now taken his case to t...