Category Archives: Local News
FCHS Board Recap from 11/13
The FCHS Board of Education met Monday Night for their regularly scheduled November meeting. Interim Superintendent Diana Zurliene updated the board on the School Report Card, stating that FCHS receiv...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023
Transfer of Liquor License Approved in Grayville
AJ's Parlor is in the process of being sold to Paris Lee Pennington Jr. out of Lawrenceville. City officials say that while normally a transfer of a license doesn't happen, in this situation, the tran...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023
City of Grayville Puts Old Police Car Back Into Service
The City of Grayville is in search for a new police vehicle, but they are currently holding on purchasing the vehicle until they find out if they have received grant funding from the USDA. As they awa...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023
Grayville City Council Meets Tonight
The City of Grayville, which holds council meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, will hold their first meeting of November this evening at 119 South Middle Street. Before the regula...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023
Richland County Under Burn Ban
The Olney Fire Department in conjunction with the Noble-Wakefield FPD, Claremont-Bonpas FPD, and Christy FPD is announcing a burn ban effective for Richland County until Further Notice. It prohibits b...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023
Wayne City High School Recognized By Illinois Student Assistance Commission
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has announced that Wayne City High School is the 2023 Recognition of Excellence from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for excellence in supporting ...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023
Wayne County Sheriff's Department Uses Drone In Search for Elderly Man
On Sunday Evening, Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence in rural southeastern Wayne County. Upon arrival, around 918 pm, deputies began a search for an elderly man who had wa...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023
The Latest on the Shooting in Cisne from Friday
More information has been released on a recent shooting that happened in Cisne late last week. Around 7:30 a.m. on Friday. Wayne County Sheriff’s Officials were dispatched to a residence in Cisn...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023
FMH Facing Growth Challenges
Growth Challenges are something that Fairfield Memorial Hospital has been dealing with in recent time. According to management officials with the hospital, they say that Fairfield Memorial Hospital is...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023
Wayne County Humane Society Preparing for Glo Bingo Fundraiser
The Wayne County Humane Society will be hosting a Glo Bingo Fundraiser on Saturday, November 18th at the Fairfield Elks Lodge, located at 201 SE 2nd Street. Doors will open at 6 with bingo beginning a...
Tony Collins Nov 13, 2023