Category Archives: Local News

FCHS FFA Student Lainie Clark was named 1st Place in the Illinois FFA Chapters Water Testing Challenge. The challenge is sponsored by the Illinois Corn and Illinois Soybean board. This hands on educat...

Time is running out to get your taxes paid in White County. The good news, according to White County Treasurer Mike Baxley, is that about 98% of the 2022 payable 2023 property taxes are in. For that r...

Start budgeting now, prices at the pump could jump over the next several months. GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis, Patrick De Haan, says the real "fireworks" at the pump are likely to start in Febr...

Temperatures are in the single digits in the southern Illinois region this morning for a second day in a row, however today should be the last day of the really cold conditions for at least a few days...

The next meeting of the Fairfield City Council is coming up this Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at City Hall. Five items appear on the official agenda under Routine Business. They include a service agreement...

The latest information from the Illinois Department of Public Health as of late last week shows over half of Illinois' 102 counties are at an elevated level for COVID-19 hospitalizations. They also re...

The Illinois State Police Division of Patrol Troop 10 announced the arrest of 48-year-old Mikhail V. Subbotin of Lawrenceville, GA on charges of Possession of Cannibis, more than 5000 grams, Cannibis ...

Reports out of Effingham, IL say a Flora man was arrested Friday for attempted kidnapping. The incident happened at about 7 a.m. Friday when Effingham police and Effingham County Sheriff’s deput...

With Dustin Harmon of Bellwether Advantage corralling things, the White County Board met with it's most expediated gathering in months. It took the board just under 40 minutes to get through business ...

Two men from McLeansboro have been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to their conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Justin LaGesse, 37, and Theodore Midden...