Category Archives: Local News

The Village Board of Mill Shoals met in regular session this week and covered a number of items in the busy meeting. Arlynne Davis with Botsch and Associates went over the previous fiscal year audit. ...

The City of Fairfield will have their annual Veterans Day program on Saturday. The service will begin at 11 AM. This year's guest speaker is Tom Musgrave. Musgrave was born and raised just south of Fa...

Fairfield Community High School will be holding a veterans day service tomorrow morning at 10 AM in the east gym at FCHS. Representitives from the local VFW will be on hand to present the flag followe...

It's Winter Weather Safety and Preparedness Week in Illinois. While this week's weather has not been conducive to thinking about winter weather, it's just around the corner and the National Weather Se...

Wayne City High School seniors, A.J. (Alexander) Moore and Zoe Wiggins have been selected as 2024 Illinois State Scholars. Wiggins and Moore were chosen by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission b...

The Illinois Lottery and the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs is launching the 2023 Winter Riches Instant Ticket. One-hundred-percent of the ticket's profits will go towards organizations supp...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting a career fair next week in Springfield. The fair will be held November 15th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at IDOT headquarters in the Harry R. Hanley Buil...

The Illinois Senate is moving forward with a bill that would lift a 1980s ban on nuclear power plant construction. The Senate yesterday passed a measure that would allow for the construction of small ...

President Joe Biden is coming to Illinois tomorrow. Biden will stop in Belvidere to meet with the head of the United Auto Workers union. Both are expected to highlight plans to reopen the iconic Assem...

Illinois is earning a credit rating upgrade. Fitch Ratings elevated the state's rating for general obligation bonds. This is Illinois' ninth credit rating upgrade in just over two years. The rating of...