Category Archives: Local News

As the state of Illinois faces a shortage of court reporters, training classes are designed to rebuild this vital labor force and direct trainees to courthouse jobs. While some consider the court repo...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that Kimberly King, MSN, CRNA, NSPM-C has successfully achieved the distinction of certification in Non-Surgical Pain Management (NSPM-C) by the Nati...

A Fairfield Man is in custody after he was arrested by Fairfield Police Monday Evening. Just after 8 PM, officials reported that 58-year-old Jesse Oran Hedden was taken into custody for failing to reg...

Wayne County Sheriff's Officials took a desk report of a Truck vs. Deer collision in Orchard Township on Monday. At 7:00 AM, Authorities received a report from Lonnie D. Holleman of Johnsonville about...

The Illinois State Board of Elections is expected to vote today on whether to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot in March. The vote comes after retired Kankakee...

Illinois seeks to better provide parents and children more access to behavioral health services through a new partnership program with Google. On Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker was at Google Chicago to an...

The Blue Point Church will be having their monthly Senior Grocery Giveaway on Wednesday, January 31st, from 10:00am to 12:00pm. These groceries are for all those age 60 and older. Officials with the c...

An overnight fire has destroyed a Colony West home belonging to Carmi-White County High School Athletic Director Kurt Simon and his wife Stacy, a teacher in the school system as well. Fire Chief Danie...

Three awards are given out at the Hamilton County Chamber of Commerce Dinner every year to very deserving and outstanding individuals/businesses, and this year was no exception. Tequila Mexican Restau...

The Hamilton County Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday Afternoon at 4:30 at the Hamilton County Courthouse, According to the agenda, the board will look to discuss and approve an appropriatio...