Category Archives: Local News

The Edwards County Farm Bureau Young Leaders Scholarship Trap Shoot will be held on Saturday, March 1st at the Edwards County Sportsman's Club. The shoot will start at 9:00am and the shoot is to raise...

  Pictured is Roger Niccum, FMH January 2025 Employee of the Month   Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordina...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 22-year-old Lauren M. Schultz of Wayne City Wednesday morning for Possession of Methamphetamine. Schultz was transported and lodged in the Wayne County Jail pe...

Carrie Cullins, a 40-year-old resident of Fairfield, received a 30-day sentence in the Marion County Jail, with the possibility of reducing her time for good behavior. This sentence was imposed after ...

Nicholas White   Brandi Heck   Jeanette Serna Corey Sutton   Jefferson County authorities are asking for the public's assistance in locating four individuals who are wanted for failing ...

Regional and local authorities are continuing to issue a "Scam Alert" to residents regarding a fraudulent text message many individuals have been receiving on their mobile devices. The message appears...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying less than the minimum wage to workers with disabilities. The bill applies to businesses and other faci...

73-year-old Bruce Mendenhall, known as "The Truck Stop Serial Killer," was convicted Wednesday afternoon of the 2007 murder of Carma Purpura in Marion County Circuit Court in Indianapolis. The jury's ...

The Wayne County Farm Bureau is accepting applications for their 2025 Community Impact Grant. Proposals will be accepted through March 1st. The submitting organization or individual must be based in W...

The Fairfield Rotary Club is sponsoring a FREE ice skate Sunday, January 26th from 11:00am to 6:00pm at Cider Barn Tree Farm, 1873 County Road 520 N, Fairfield which is just south of Fairfield off of ...