Category Archives: Local News

A retired judge believes the courts should decide whether former President Donald Trump should be removed from Illinois’ primary ballot in March. Trump’s lawyers and citizens seeking to ke...

Rainfall the past week has pushed area rivers higher. Most are now near or above their flood stage, and are higher than Saturday's levels. The Little Wabash River east of Fairfield as of this morning ...

A new 911 and Public Safety Center is in the works for Franklin County to better serve police and dispatch throughout the county. Published reports say the plan comes as a result of a study conducted ...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer services within and outside of the Hospital. Heath...

Last night, the Albion Fire Department responded to a car fire. According to fire officials, the car fire was extinguished before any damage occurred with a nearby structure. While on scene, a call ca...

On January 25th, a responding officer observed a 2007 black Chevrolet Silverado stopped in the middle of the road on Foley Drive. The officer did a check of the vehicles registration and it came back ...

The Clay County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating multiple motor vehicle burglaries and thefts that occurred in Louisville between 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 18 and 6:00 a.m. Friday, Ja...

A Fairfield man was sentenced to 4 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections followed by up to a year of mandatory supervised release Thursday in Wayne County. Special judge Michael Valentine ha...

The Edwards County Soil and Water Conservation District will be hosting a cover crop coffee shop event on Wednesday, February 7th. That event will take place from 8 AM until 12 Noon at the House of Pr...

The Village of West Salem's Board met on Monday, January 22, 2024 at 6:30pm. At the meeting, o The Mayor shared that Assistant Water Superintendent Mike Clark has started his water licenses classes. o...