Category Archives: Local News

Illinois youth turkey hunters have set a new preliminary harvest record, with a total of 2,091 birds taken during the 2025 youth turkey season. This surpasses the previous record of 2,010 established ...

Two members of the Fairfield Police Department win their boxing match during the annual Guns & Hoses Charity Boxing Event held at the Ford Center in downtown Evansville Saturday night. In front of...

The Edwards County Farm Bureau Young Leader Committee is proud to announce the winners of their 2025 scholarships. Congratulations to Cali Bunting, Aly Williams, JW Simms-Reisner, Gabe Wyatt, and Jaro...

The North Wayne CUSD #200 school board meeting for the month of April (2025) will be moved from Wednesday, April 16th to Wednesday, April 23rd, beginning at 6 PM at Cisne Middle School   The reas...

Clay County Hospital and Medical Clinics are once again hosting their popular "Reduced Rate Lab Fair" from April 15th through April 30th, providing discounted lab tests to encourage proactive healthca...

WAYNE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY SET TO MEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT The Wayne County Democratic Party will meet in the boardroom of the Wayne County Courthouse Wednesday, April 16th @6pm The party will debrief ...

Area rivers are expected to crest this weekend, if they haven't already, following last week's heavy rainfall. The Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 28.7 feet as of this morning. Flood stage...

  Sentencing was set for Friday for a Wayne County woman convicted of the death of her one-year-old child, however that sentencing has been delayed. Aydreian Hooper pled guilty in December of las...

The New Hope Grade School Board will have a meeting this Tuesday night beginning at 7 p.m. Items listed under the Superintendent's Report include a Maintenance and Building Update, Speech Contest Winn...

A Jefferson County man has been sentenced on nine counts of possession of child pornography with a victim under the age of 13. Reports out of Jefferson County say Judge Jerry Crisel sentenced Robert P...