Category Archives: Local News

Western Wayne Water District officials have issued a Boil Water Advisory for residents living on County Hwy 12 South of County Hwy 16 to 1500N and East of County Hwy 12 between County Hwy 16 to 1500N ...

The Cisne Reunion continues tonight (Thursday) on the square in Cisne Tonight, the pageants will take center stage at 7 pm, alongside Bingo from 7 to 9 pm. Participants will compete in the Tiny Tot, L...

The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs (IDVA), the Illinois Department of Agriculture, and the Illinois State Fair are extending a special invitation to veterans and their family members for a co...

The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce will be holding a Second Saturday event on Saturday, August 10th from 11am to 4pm on the parking lot east of the Fairfield Post Office on East Delaware St. The event ...

The 145th annual White County Fair continues tonight (Thursday) in Carmi with Motocross at 6:30 pm. $10 admission OR Pit Armband.   Tomorrow night (Friday): Pig Penning at 7pm. $10 admission. &nb...

The Wayne County Board is set to meet for their regular monthly meeting tonight (Thursday) upstairs at the Wayne County Courthouse. Some items on the agenda include; Jill Short from the Wayne County H...

Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 was requested by the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to investigate an officer involved shooting.   Tuesday at approxim...

39-year-old Jeremy Severs of Mt. Vernon was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department Tuesday afternoon on a Wayne County Warrant on a charge of Violation of Order of Protection. Severs was tr...

Fairfield Police arrested 49-year-old Chad Joslin of Fairfield just before 9 o'clock Tuesday night on a charge of Domestic Battery. Joslin was transported and lodged in the Wayne County Jail awaiting ...

In Wayne County Circuit Court Tuesday, 55-year-old Quentin Musgrave of Fairfield pled guilty to a Violation of Probation Order on an original charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine dating ba...