Category Archives: Local News

Fairfield National Bank has announced that Jarod Weaver has joined the bank's Board of Directors. He replaces long-time Director Kent Vinson, who recently retired after twenty-five years of service to...

The Fairfield City Council met last night for their first session of 2024. Guidelines for the new Business Tax District dollars were discussed at length with several details proposed. The dollars will...

The Cisne High School Varsity Scholar Bowl Team won the MTC Tournament Championship last night. Joshua Biggs was named the Tournament MVP, Mikkie Hearle was on the All-Tournament team, and Alex Paul w...

The FCHS Board will meet in a special session on Thursday at 5:30 PM in the Study Hall of Fairfield Community High School. The main purpose of the meeting is to hear a presentation from Mike Ewald of ...

More than two dozen concerned citizens showed up to weigh in on recent changes at the Mill Shoals Community Center during the January 4th Village Board Meeting. Residents and citizens of neighboring c...

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is celebrating the opening of a new state-of-the-art health center in Carbondale. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held yesterday for the new Carbondale Health Center. The ...

Five animals are dead following a house fire in Effingham. The blaze started yesterday at a home in the 13-hundred block of South Willow Street. Three cats and two dogs were killed. The cause of the f...

The U.S. Supreme Court is denying an Illinois lawmaker’s request to review Illinois’ high court ruling that upheld the state’s assault weapons ban. The denial of State Representative...

Respiratory illnesses are still on the rise in Illinois. The respiratory illness level increased from Moderate to High in the past week and more than half the counties in the state are at an elevated ...

President Biden’s campaign is blasting former President Donald Trump for skipping an Illinois ballot-access tradition. The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ reported over the weekend that Trump didn...