Category Archives: Local News

Feeding Kids of Wayne County is preparing for their second year in operation and already have a good start on a list of volunteers for the 2025 Summer Sack Lunch Schedule. The board will soon meet to ...

Wayne County Sheriff's Department last Friday arrested 39-year-old Joshua D Large of Peoria on a Wayne County warrant for Burglary and two counts of Theft. Large was processed at the Wayne County Jail...

Get ready for an evening at the "Celebrity Celebrations" Murder Mystery Dinner, happening at Nostalgia Theater (formerly the Town Theater) in downtown Flora on Saturday, February 22nd, at 6 PM.  ...

    The National Weather Service in Paducah says a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY is in effect from 12 noon today (Tuesday) until 9am Wednesday. The Weather Service says snow is expected with total...

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies early last Wednesday morning (February 12th) made contact with a juvenile walking in Fairfield. During the encounter it was determined the juvenile possessed items that...

The Fairfield Community High School District Board of Education is scheduled to meet Thursday at 6pm in the FCHS Study Hall. Items on the agenda include: action on the Consent Agenda, Fairfield Mayor,...

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois is excited to announce that the sweetest weekend of the year is here - National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend. If you haven't gotten your freezers stocked up yet, they hav...

Residents in the area have the opportunity to learn essential safe hunting practices through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' hunter safety certification course. To complete the course an...

The Edwards County Farm Bureau Young Leaders Scholarship Trap Shoot will be held on Saturday, March 1st at the Edwards County Sportsman's Club. The shoot will start at 9:00am and the shoot is to raise...

Enrollment is now open for the 15th IPRB Summer Math & Science Teachers Program, scheduled for June 24th to 27th in Mt. Vernon. This program is available to Illinois math and science teachers for ...