Category Archives: Local News

The Wayne County Board will hold its regular meeting on Thursday in the upstairs courtroom of the Wayne County Courthouse. The meeting will open with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and roll call,...

Hamilton Memorial Hospital Foundation is now accepting nominations for its annual Distinguished Health Care Provider of the Year Award. The award honors an individual or group, living or deceased, who...

(Pictured L to R: Josie Shelby, Aleah Carlson, Sydney Williams, Bristol Duncan, and Barnes Sawyer)   The Edwards County FFA took top honors at the Section 23 Horse Judging Career Development Even...

(Pictured L to R: Cody Greathouse, Owen Lynch, Quentin Pike, Carlin St. Ledger, Emily Spray, Grace Brands, Chase Shelton, Aidan Roosevelt, Aiden McDowell, Hayley Perry) Edwards County High School has ...

Fairfield Police, the Wayne County Ambulance Service, and the Fairfield City Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle accident Sunday night just after 7 p.m. at the Walmart intersection of West Dela...

Mill Shoals native, Larry Dozier will be the featured speaker at Fairfield's Veterans Day observance set for tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11 a.m. which has now been moved to the Cumberland Presbyterian Churc...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias' Office has issued a response to public officials' claims surrounding the upcoming closure of the Mt. Carmel Department of Motor Vehicles, calling those c...

The Fairfield Rotary Club will mark a major milestone with its 100th Year Celebration Dinner on Friday, November 14th. The event will be held at the Fairfield Elks Lodge, located at 201 SE Second Stre...

The former postmaster at the Ridgway Post Office has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to methamphetamine and fentanyl charges in Posey County, Indiana. 37-year-old Kelli J. H...

The Flora Elks Lodge 1659 and Olney Elks Lodge 926, in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children's Care Corporation, will sponsor a free children's orthopedic assessment clinic on Wednesday, Novembe...