Category Archives: Local News

The Wayne County Courthouse is closed today (Wednesday) in observance of President Abraham Lincoln's birthday. The courthouse will resume normal operations Thursday.

The Fairfield City Council met last (Tuesday) night with a very light agenda. The council approved the minutes from the January 28th meeting along with the executive session minutes from the November ...

  Fairfield Community High School will recognize 50 years of Lady Mules basketball tonight during the Lady Mules game against Hamilton County. The doors will open at 5:15pm with the JV game start...

A Southern Illinois judge has ruled that portions of the state's Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) Card Act are unconstitutional. White County Judge, T. Scott Webb issued the ruling on Monday follo...

The Grayville City Council met this past Monday, discussing several important topics. Grayville Days is set for August 29th, 30th, and 31st, and representatives from the festival committee attended to...

Illinois is suspending events that feature the exhibition or sale of poultry. The Illinois Department of Agriculture is issuing a 30-day suspension on the exhibition or sale of poultry at swap meets, ...

Fairfield resident, 38-year-old Shania J. Buchanan of Fairfield was arrested Sunday, February 2nd following an investigation into a stolen vehicle from Wal-Mart. The vehicle had been recovered, but wa...

Accepting the award on behalf of Wayne-White Electric from left are linemen Kell Ragan, Donnie Smothers, Shane Stricklin, and Manager of Operations Erin Halley.       Wayne-White Electr...

North Wayne Schools are offering Child Find/Preschool Screenings for children up to 5 years old who are not yet enrolled in public schools and will not be eligible for Kindergarten this fall. These sc...

The Blue Point Free Will Baptist Church will be hosting a Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction for Melissa Matthews on Saturday, March 15th from 4pm to 6:30pm or until sold out. Melissa was diagnosed w...