Category Archives: Local News

With the first day of October just a couple weeks away, local "big-game" hunters are sighting in their bows and shotguns. Archery deer season officially opens the first day of October and will run thr...

The City of Fairfield has issued a Boil Order for a portion of residents in town. The order is for those on East Court Street from NE 4th to NE 6th and NE 6th from Court to Main. Those in that area sh...

Both the Fairfield Public School Board and the FCHS Board are set to meet this evening at 6. The Public School Board will meet in the board room at Center Street School while the FCHS Board will meet ...

The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Eastern Community College District No. 529 met Tuesday night, September 19th at Olney Central College, Olney, Illinois. The Board approved the 2024 Fiscal Year Bu...

The McLeansboro City Council met for about an hour Tuesday night for their regular monthly meeting. In public comments, Letitia Wiggins of the Women's Leadership Council of Hamilton County addressed t...

Edwards County Treasurer, Jennifer Thomason is reminding property owners in Edwards County Property Taxes are due next Monday. If the payment is mailed, the postmark must be by September 25th in order...

The Edwards County FFA has announced their student of the month for September. The student is Drew Wolfe. He was nominated because he is always a helpful student. For his reward for being student of t...

The water bills in the Village of West Salem have been delayed. This reason according to village officials is due to material delivery issues. Officials say that the bills have now been mailed. To acc...

A Clay County man is behind bars after being arrested on a failure to appear warrant. 30-year-old David B Funte was wanted on the failure to appear warrant following a situation with false testimony. ...

The Edwards County School Board met in regular session Monday. Mark Curtis was on hand for that meeting and filed this report.