Category Archives: Local News

The 2025 Illinois spring trout fishing season kicks off on Saturday, April 5th, with 58 locations statewide. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will stock over 80,000 rainbow trout for this ...

March Madness is expected to drive Illinoisans to wager around $400 million this year, building on last year's $394 million in college sports bets, which totaled 5.7 million. In March 2024, the averag...

The Hope Center at 23 West Cherry in Albion will have a book signing event tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 10am. It will feature, Lottie Bolerjack Lindsey from Carmi who has written a book called, Soa...

Jury selection and testimony began Monday in the trial of a Fairfield man accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13. Jordan M. Jones, 28, faces five Class-X felony charges of predator...

Greg Pottorff, owner of GeoLog Well Services in Wayne City, has been recognized as the Service Person of the Year by the Illinois Oil and Gas Association (IOGA). He received the honor last Friday duri...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 42-year-old Wesley Cone Saturday evening on a Wayne County Violation of Pretrial Release warrant for Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Cone was transport...

Severe storms that struck parts of Southern Illinois on Friday night caused significant damage, particularly in the northern and southern parts of the region. Wayne County was under a Tornado Warning ...

Friday evening around 5:30, Fairfield Police responded to Talbert Court to investigate a report a subject trying to get into a residence. Officers arrived and observed Jonathan E. Swan, 43 of Fairfiel...

The Beta Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Frontier Community College is holding a community wide benefit for Jaimie Ford. The benefit will be this Thursday, March 20th, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:0...

An Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Wayne City Matters will be held on Saturday, April 19th beginning at 10am in the Wayne City Park. Over 5,000 eggs will be hidden with special prizes being offered. Egg hun...