Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois State FFA Convention took place this week and concluded Thursday Afternoon. Students from Edwards County, Gallatin County, Mount Vernon, and Olney were recognized during the convention in...

Brodey Murbarger appeared with his attorney Christian Baril in Wayne County Court. Murbarger, convicted in the murder of 15-year-old Megan Nichols, and his attorney filed a request to reconsider his s...

Ray Tate appeared via zoom to the court from the Menard Correctional Center as Tate is in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. Tate originally pled guilty to the killing of Wayne Cou...

Today will be a busy day in the Wayne County Courthouse as two of the biggest cases in the county have hearings today. Brodey Murbarger and Ray Tate are both scheduled to make appearances in Wayne Cou...

There are a few free swims going on this weekend around the area. Today, there will be a free swim in McLeansboro at the city pool. That swim is being put on by the McLeansboro Kiwanis Club. Tomorrow,...

The Enfield Village Board met for just over an hour Tuesday night for its regular monthly meeting. In the pursuit of a police officer in the wake of the resignation of Mark Worlds, the village has bee...

An Eldorado man has been sentenced to 54 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections in a case that has been going through the Franklin County Courts. Heath M. Dunning was convicted in March of 20...

Severe weather that was originally forecast for the area for Sunday has shifted. According to the latest from the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, our area has been shifted to the gen...

The Paris Union School district in central Illinois is under investigation. WCIA-TV reports the probe was launched over the unauthorized use of more than three-million dollars of government grants. Th...

The West Nile Virus is now being reported in four Illinois counties this year. The Illinois Department of Public Health says that includes Cook, LaSalle, Morgan and St. Clair counties. Last year, 44 c...