Category Archives: Local News

  The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory in effect until 8pm tonight (Monday) for all of Southern Illinois. Officials warn that heat-related illnesses are more common during advi...

      The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced the replacement of a box culvert on US Route 45, just south of Hickory Hills Lane in Clay County, starting today( Monday). ...

    Fairfield Mules Football Coach, Justin Townsend and other local football coaches are holding a FREE Youth Football camp in Fairfield on Wednesday, July 17th. There are two different sess...

  Illinois State Police Troop 9 responded to a head-on crash in Carmi that resulted in the deaths of two individuals Friday afternoon just before one o'clock on Illinois Route 1 just east of Whit...

  Today is the last day of the Wayne County Fair in Fairfield. An Antique Truck Show going on from 9am to 2pm with an Antique Tractor Show from 11am to 3pm. The Craft & Flea Market will open ...

The Fairfield Park District Friday announced another FREE swim event set to take place at the Fairfield Swimming Pool. The free swim will be held tomorrow (Sunday, July 14th) from 1pm to 5pm. This eve...

  The Board of Education of the Fairfield Grade School District is set to meet for their regular monthly meeting Monday night in the Center Street School boardroom. Numerous items are on the agen...

    The Illinois Department of Agriculture has introduced new testing requirements for lactating dairy cattle taking part in livestock exhibitions across the state. This initiative aims to r...

          Two subjects reached plea agreements yesterday (Thursday) in Wayne County Circuit Court.   48-year-old Andrea Stocke of Norris City pled guilty to Unlawful Poss...

    A Mt. Vernon woman is dead following a multi-vehicle accident on Tuesday. 31-year old, Aimee Bockhol was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on northbound Route 37 near Old Salem R...