Category Archives: Local News

  Fairfield Memorial Hospital will host a 3-D Mobile Mammography event on Saturday, September 5. The event will begin at 8 a.m. at Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 303 N.W. 11th Street in Fairfield. ...

Christopher Rural Health Planning Corporation plans to build a new medical facility on the courthouse square in downtown Albion. CEO Kim Mitroka said the clinic will be constructed on donated property...

Three Edwards County men are facing felony charges in separate cases filed by Edwards County State's Attorney Eric St. Ledger. Keith A. Armstrong, 42, of Albion has been charged with aggravated identi...

A Flora man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to charges involving an attempted sexual encounter with someone he believed was a minor. 45-year-old Andrew J. Staley plea...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is accepting applications for grants that will provide accessible paratransit vehicles to public transportation providers and eligible nonprofit organizations...

A former Carbondale Community High School teacher's aide will remain in federal custody while facing charges involving the alleged sexual exploitation of an underage girl. 32-year-old Austin Knoob of ...

Harvest season is approaching for Illinois farmers, with the latest USDA crop progress report showing 4% of the state's corn crop has reached maturity. For the week ending August 23, farmers had 4.3 d...

The 2026 Wayne County Crop Yield Tour held yesterday (Monday) is estimating a countywide average corn yield of 200 bushels per acre and soybean yield of 63 bushels per acre. Wayne County Corn Growers ...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of Thomas J. Vasdekas, M.D., F.A.C.S., to its medical staff as an independent contractor. Dr. Vasdekas brings more than 35 years of expe...

The City of Fairfield has announced that petitions for candidates seeking alderman seats in the April 6, 2027 Consolidated Election will be available beginning today (Tuesday). Seats up for election i...