Category Archives: Local News

Over the weekend, fire broke out at a house on Mount Vernon Road. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office has announced the arrest of an Albion man for allegedly setting the house on fire. According to Sher...

The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) late last week announced the application period is open for the Small Equipment Grant Program. The OSFM will award $4 million to eligible fire departments a...

Flora City Council Meets at 4:30 This Afternoon at Flora City Hall. On the agenda, Nicole Allen with the Flora HS Music Boosters will be on hand to request use of Charley Brown Park for November the 4...

The Edwards County School Board is set to meet at the K-12 Band Room in Albion this evening at 7 PM. Below is the agenda for tonight's meeting. Ec-school-agenda-0923 We will have the full recap on Tue...

The Flora Police Report for August has been released The department answered 1265 service calls; 374 were 9-1-1 calls. The department responded to 35 alarms, made a contact with a juvenile, conducted ...

The Flora Building and Zoning Department has released their report for permits for the month of August. A total of 5 permits were issued for the month with 4 of those for residential and 1 for commerc...

Covid hasn't completely went away. The latest weekly update this past Thursday from the Centers For Disease Control showed Wayne and Jefferson counties have dropped to the low level for COVID transmis...

Media reports and information from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office says three people have died from an accident that occurred Saturday afternoon in rural Franklin County. The accident occurred ju...

27-year-old James Christian Stevens has been sentenced to eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after being sentenced this week in White County Court. Information from our sister stati...

Students and staff at Frankfort Community High School had a scare Friday when smoke began pouring through the building. Reports say students and faculty made it safely out of the building in what the ...