Category Archives: Local News

The Mount Vernon Elks 819, along with Fairfield Elks 1631, Centralia Elks 493, , Salem Elks 1678, and McLeansboro Elks 1882 Lodges, in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children's Care Corporation, w...

Here's the current river stages according to the US Geological Survey. Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 22.46 feet (flood stage is at 17 ft.) . The Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a reading of...

  Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 9 Commander, Captain Nathan Douglas, announces the ISP will conduct Distracted Driving Enforcement Program patrols in Marion and Wayne counties during March. T...

The IECC Board of Trustees meeting was held January 21st in Bob Boyles Hall on the campus of Frontier Community College with a light agenda. IECCEA Representative, Nixie Hnetkovsky thanked administrat...

Students from 12 area high schools competed in the 2025 Academic Challenge for Engineering and Science Competition held at Olney Central College, sponsored by Eastern Illinois University. Division Res...

  Igloo is recalling over one million of its 90-quart Flip-and-Tow Rolling Coolers due to safety hazards associated with the tow handle. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has ind...

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a Winter Storm WATCH from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, and western Kentucky with h...

Today is President's Day, a federal holiday. Most schools, banks and government offices will be closed for the holiday, and mail will not be delivered. However, most retailers, like grocery stores, ph...

The North Wayne Community Unit School District Board of Education is set to meet Wednesday night at 6pm at the Cisne Middle School. Some items on the agenda include: approve the Cisne Reunion Board us...

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department has arrested two men from Decatur on Deceptive Practices-Bank Related Fraud. 49-year-old Kevin Burrus and 41-year-old Brandon Missel were arrestedThursday afterno...