Category Archives: Local News
LIONS CLUB TO COLLECT NON-WORKING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND OTHER ITEMS
The Fairfield Lions Club will be collecting Christmas lights that no longer work on Saturday, January 4th at the west side of the Cornerstone Community Church located at the corner of Delaware and Fir...
Dec 30, 2024
TRASH DELAY PICKUP FOR THE VILLAGE OF WAYNE CITY
Republic Trash will be on a one day delay this week for the Village of Wayne City due to the New Year's holiday. Residents need to have their trash cans set out by 5am this Saturday, January 4t...
Dec 30, 2024
Sparklight Internet Outage
Customers of Sparklight in the Fairfield area were without internet services for several hours Friday. The outage began sometime late Friday morning after 10 a.m. and continued into the late ev...
Dec 28, 2024
Tax Increment Financing Committee to Meet
The city of Fairfield's Tax Increment Financing Committee/Business District Committee has announced a Tax Increment Financing Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 4:30...
Dec 28, 2024
COVID 19 and Flu Cases on the Rise
Health officials say the number of flu and COVID 19 cases are on the rise as the flu season kicks into high gear. Reports indicate the number of COVID cases in the past few weeks in the region have ne...
Dec 28, 2024
Mt. Carmel Police Make Two Arrests Christmas Day
Mt. Carmel police report the arrest of two Mt. Carmel residents Christmas Day after a traffic stop. Reports say 56 year old Phillip W. Farrar was arrested on a Wabash County Warrant for Failure to App...
Dec 28, 2024
Franklin County Sheriff's Office Deputies Arrest Three People
Franklin County Sheriff's Office deputies made arrests Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on drug charges following traffic stops. 46 year old Nancy Lingle of Benton, Illinois, was taken into custody aft...
Dec 28, 2024
WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARREST FLORA MAN ON WARRANT
24-year-old Bobby Dean Garrison of Flora was arrested Thursday morning by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear on original charges of Improper Lane Usa...
Dec 27, 2024
SOUTHEASTERN AGRONOMY SUMMIT COMING TO ALBION, REGISTRATION UNDERWAY
Registration is now open for the Southeastern Agronomy Summit, taking place on Tuesday, January 28th, from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Edwards County Farm Bureau community room, located at 15 South 5th ...
Dec 27, 2024
CARMI RESIDENTS SAY "NO" TO TAX INCREASE, ADJUSTMENT MADE AND APPROVED MONDAY
What was intended to be a 15-minute Truth in Taxation hearing at the Carmi City Council meeting on December 17th transformed into a 45-minute appeal from citizens opposing a proposed 12% increase in t...
Dec 27, 2024