Category Archives: Local News

The US Geologic Survey has announced that there was an earthquake in the West Salem area early Sunday Morning. The quake happened 5.59 miles northeast of West Salem with a magnitude of 2.5 of the Rich...

The Fairfield City Council is set to meet this Tuesday night at 6 for their next regular meeting. Items on the agenda include resolutions approving a Revolving Loan with RJ Marketing LLC and a resolut...

Fairfield's annual Fall Fun Fest opens this week in downtown Fairfield, with pleasant weather expected for the event. Activities begin Wednesday night with a performance by the Roasted Chestnuts on th...

Here's the area river stages as of this morning: Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 4.86 feet, below the 17-foot flood stage. At Clay City the stage is 4.13 feet. Flood stage is 18 feet. The ...

A new electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant is coming to Illinois. The facility will be located north of Kankakee in Manteno, Illinois. Governor J.B. Pritzker says the $2 billion state-of-the-a...

The Marion County Coroner says an autopsy revealed a bacterial infection led to the death of three-year-old Jismary Gonzalez, who died on a bus taking immigrants from Texas to Chicago last month along...

Reports out of Marion County say a 37-year-old homeless man has been charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one count of unlawful restraint. Bryce Jones had bond set at $100,0...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a pair of Wayne County residents following a traffic stop Tuesday. At 1:30 AM, deputies stopped a vehicle operated by Ronald D. Stark of Fairfield. Stark and a...

The Edwards County School Board will be meeting in special session at 7 this evening at Colyer Coffee House. The board will discuss district goals and look into possible action. The board will then en...