Category Archives: Local News

The 17th Annual Wayne County Antique Tractor Drive is set to roll out on Labor Day, Monday, September 1st, welcoming all tractor enthusiasts with qualifying machines model year 1995 or older. The scen...

Merriam Community Church will host its annual Vacation Bible School from July 27th through July 30th, welcoming children from Pre-K through 5th grade for evenings of faith and fun. This year's theme i...

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office have announced the awarding of $5 million in grant funding through the inaugural Fire Station Construction and Rehabilitation Program, ben...

The Geff Eagles baseball team is gearing up for the upcoming season, and supporters have a tasty way to show their support. On Saturday, July 19th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., a pork burgers fundraiser wi...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has announced plans to run for a third term in 2026-a move that wouldn't be possible in 37 other states with gubernatorial term limits. Illinois is among just 13 states...

The Illinois Supreme Court's Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission), in partnership with the Second Judicial Circuit and Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc., has announced a new two-year pilot p...

Illinois' unemployment rate fell to 4.6% in June, marking its lowest level since August 2023 and the first monthly decline since February, according to data released Thursday by the Illinois Departmen...

A Fairfield man has been arrested following a violent domestic incident late Tuesday night. At approximately 10:30 p.m, Fairfield police officers responded to a report of domestic battery in the 100 b...

Frontier Community College (FCC) has extended the application deadline for two nursing scholarships to Friday, August 1. The Clemence Elizabeth Cox Scholarship and the Debra Jean Withrow Scholarship a...

At their regular meeting on Monday, July 7th, Wayne City village board members passed a motion to equip the new Chief of Police, Jason Settle, with necessary field equipment. The five-year agreement w...