Category Archives: Local News

The next regular meeting of the Fairfield City Council is set for this Tuesday night starting at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. Items appearing on the official agenda include resolutions...

With no significant rainfall in the region for the past several weeks, abnormally dry and drought conditions are making a return to the state of Illinois. According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor ...

A plane crash landed in Jefferson County Friday morning. Illinois State Police said the crash occurred around 8:20 Friday morning on I-64 at the 80-mile marker in Mt. Vernon, IL. State police said the...

A Centralia woman has been charged with two counts of murder in connection with a car-pedestrian accident that occurred Thursday at the Dollar General in Dix. Reports from Marion County say the charge...

This (Friday) morning in Wayne County Circuit Court, Judge Denton Aud sentenced 41-year-old Jason Hammock of Olney to natural life in prison. Hammock was found guilty on July 10th on two counts of Pre...

Though convicted killer Ray Tate's court proceedings have concluded in Wayne County, his legal troubles are just beginning in Clinton County. Tate is currently serving a life sentence without the poss...

Several guilty pleas were handed down in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday.   48-year-old Albion resident, Shelly M. Best pled guilty to Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and was sentenced...

Construction has begun on a six-mile section of Route 45 south of Fairfield. The $3.1 million project entails replacing shoulders, applying hot mix asphalt, installing concrete gutters, and adding pav...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies make a couple of arrests Thursday. 50-year-old Ronald Baker of Fairfield was taken into custody on a Wayne County warrant for Unlawful Restraint, Obstructing A Peace Of...

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