Category Archives: Local News

The 58th Annual Wayne County Chamber of Commerce Dinner is set for tonight at Willow Creek Venue South of Fairfield. Happy Hour will begin at 5pm with the dinner to follow. The Business Of The Year, F...

The Edwards County School District is conducting a preschool round-up for children age Birth to 5 years not yet enrolled in public schools and who will not be Kindergarten eligible in the fall. The sc...

Wayne City Matters BINGO NIGHT Fundraiser will be held Friday, April 4th at the Wayne City Community Building. Food service starts at 6pm with games set to begin at 6:30pm. 20 games/3 cards a game for...

Illinois Republican senators have filed bills that would combat the state's fentanyl crisis and further punish major possessors of the drug. One bill would reclassify a fentanyl overdose as a "poison,...

The Fairfield City Council meets Tuesday night at 6 at City Hall in regular session. Items appearing on the agenda include approval of the minutes of the February 25th meeting and the Executive Sessio...

Area rivers are below flood stage and should remain that way for a while. Here's the latest stages: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 12.74 feet. Flood stage is 17 feet. At Clay City the...

Numbers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources shows hunters in Illinois harvested 649 bobcats during the 2024-2025 bobcat season which recently came to an end. The numbers were for the per...

Wayne City High School has selected their Senior Of The Month for March. Haden Moore is the son of Brian and Geri Oliver and is involved in Band and the History Club at Wayne City High School. Haden's...

David White, President of the Wayne County Farm Bureau, welcomes members and guests to the 103rd Annual Meeting of the organization.   At the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Wayne County Farm Bureau,...

Fairfield Police were called to the scene of a two-vehicle accident Thursday morning just before 9 o'clock at West Main St. and Market Avenue. Police say a 2024 Hyundai driven by Brenda Ravellette, 61...