Category Archives: Local News

The Noble Chowder is set for Saturday at the Noble Park. Chowder will be $4 a bowl, $10 a half gallon, and $20 a gallon. Porkburgers will be available for $4, and hot dogs, slaw and baked beans will a...

The Wayne County Historical Society is sponsoring a Back To The Schoolhouse Bash tonight (Monday) at the Olive Branch School in Leo French Park. The event will run from 5:30pm - 7pm with crafts, games...

The 145th annual White County Fair in Carmi is underway. Tonight's (Monday) events include the crowning of the new Miss White County Fair along with the New Junior and Little Miss at 7pm. Admission to...

The Fairfield Elks Lodge #1631 annual golf tournament this past Saturday was postponed due to wet course conditions. The tournament has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 17th at the Fairfield Publ...

Area rivers remain near or just below flood stages following the heavy rainfall last week. The stages as of this morning are as follows: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is above flood stage ...

Customers of Sparklight Internet were without Internet services for a part of Friday night and into Saturday morning. Reports indicated the outage affected several communities, including the Fairfield...

A major renovation project is coming for the Fairfield Huck's at 101 West Main St. Martin & Bayley INC, with corporate offices in Carmi and the owner of Huck's stores recently purchased the Mary F...

53-year-old Paul D Garrett from Prescott Valley, Arizona plead guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday to a charge of DUI. Garrett was placed on one year of court supervision plus court cost.

A Fairfield woman has been arrested on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear. Just after 3:30 Thursday afternoon, Fairfield Police arrested 20-year-old Haley Marie Loyd on the warrant for previ...

On Monday, three Deaconess Hospitals in southern Illinois will undergo name changes, marking a significant transition for these healthcare facilities. The hospitals affected are Union County Hospital ...