Category Archives: Local News

The Dahlgren Fire Department will hold their annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, March 22nd from 8am to 11am at the Dahlgren Fire Department. Drive-thru event only and the cost is by donation. All p...

Community college enrollment in Illinois is growing at a record pace. Governor JB Pritzker announced that 2025 Spring enrollment at Illinois Community Colleges increased nearly nine-percent as compare...

Huck's Convenience Store at 1st and West Main in downtown Fairfield is undergoing a major renovation and remodeling of their store. The inside of Huck's has completely taken on a different look with t...

A Paxton, Illinois man was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Wayne County Monday. 30-year-old Frank Anthony Zamiar Jr. was arrested on a Sangamon County Warrant for Possession Of A Weapon By A Fe...

Fairfield resident, 39-year-old Brandy Best was arrested by Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies Monday on a Failure To Appear warrant issued out of Wayne County on an original charge of Operating An Unins...

A bill has been introduced to designate a section of Illinois Route 15 in Wayne County as the Pfc. Kenny Kays Memorial Highway in honor of the local Medal of Honor recipient. State Senator Terri Bryan...

The Edwards County School Board met for their monthly meeting last (Monday) night and here with a recap of the meeting is our Edwards County Correspondent, Mark Curtis.    

Little Prairie Christian Church will host a Pancake Supper, Trivia Night, and Silent Auction on Saturday, April 12, at the church, located three miles west of Albion on Route 15. Proceeds will benefit...

The Fairfield High School FFA Chapter recently participated in District Envirothon recently in Mt. Vernon. Fairfield team 2 of Jensyn Robbins, Elaine Vanway, Kelby Hutchcraft, Mya McGowan and Paisley ...

The 2025 Illinois spring trout fishing season kicks off on Saturday, April 5th, with 58 locations statewide. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will stock over 80,000 rainbow trout for this ...