Category Archives: Local News

Three Wayne City Village Trustee seats and three Library Trustee positions will be up for election during the April 2027 consolidated election. Village Clerk Staci Choate said petition packets are exp...

A New Haven man is being held on multiple felony charges following his arrest Saturday evening. Fifty-year-old Christopher Byers faces three counts of indecent solicitation filed under a subsection in...

Pictured L to R: Connie Lueke, HCHS Principal; Lynette Staley, Grant Recipient; Tammy Rose, Grant Winner; Brooke Serbousek, IRTA Membership & Community Outreach Coordinator (Photo courtesy of IRTA...

A driver was cited after a vehicle struck a pedestrian in a wheelchair at a Mt. Vernon intersection Friday evening. Illinois State Police responded around 6:06 p.m. Friday to the intersection of Broad...

  Two Du Quoin parents charged in connection with the death of their 1-year-old daughter appeared in Perry County court Monday for detention hearings. Amanda Russell, 28, and Michael Russell, 34,...

The Du Quoin State Fair returns Friday with admission to the fairgrounds once again free. The 2026 fair runs Friday through Labor Day, Monday, September 7, with the grounds open daily from 8 a.m. to m...

  Two separate recalls are affecting dog food and over-the-counter eye drops sold across the United States. The Food and Drug Administration says Fromm Family Foods is recalling approximately 5,8...

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department has released additional details on four arrests made over the weekend. 22-year-old Brian Pemberton of Flora was arrested Friday afternoon on a Wayne County warran...

Cornerstone Church in Fairfield will host its semi-annual Homecoming and Prom Dress Giveaway on Saturday, August 29th. The event will be held from 9 a.m. until noon in the church's Fellowship Hall. Hu...

The Hope Center in Albion will welcome an Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Veteran Service Officer on Wednesday. Donald L. Bielecki II, an IDVA Veteran Service Officer, will be available begin...