Category Archives: Local News

  The National Weather Service in Paducah says light snow will move through parts of the region late tonight through Tuesday morning, mainly along and north of the Ohio River and in adjacent port...

According to a Facebook post, a new homestyle restaurant in West Salem, The Lumberyard is now open at 101 East North St. The restaurant, owned by Deryke & Maggie Kirkpatrick is in the former South...

Reports say the state of Illinois' sale of cannabis at dispensaries around the state went over $2 billion in 2024. That represents a 2.5 percent increase from 2023. Last year's cannabis use included $...

Police continue to investigate an accident late Thursday morning along U.S. Route 50 near the Claremont Road intersection east of Olney. Illinois State Police said 40 year old Jade Holmes of Sumner wa...

With Super Bowl 59 on Sunday, the Illinois State Police, Illinois Department of Transportation and local law enforcement agencies are reminding the public to celebrate the event safely this weekend, a...

The Fairfield City Council will meet Tuesday night starting at 6 p.m. with a fairly light agenda listed. Approval of minutes from the January 28th meeting and the Executive Session Minutes from the No...

Here's the latest area river stages as of this morning: the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 10.67 feet, below the 17-foot flood stage. At Clay City the stage is 7.53 feet. Flood stage is 1...

23-year-old Steven Miller of Fairfield pled guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court Thursday to a charge of Battery and was placed on one year of court supervision and ordered to pay court costs.   ...

The development of a 70-room hotel on the west side of Fairfield is facing delays after St. Louis-based developers indicated that the estimated property tax on the project is prohibitively high for co...

Fairfield Community High School will recognize 50 years of Lady Mules Basketball next Wednesday evening during the Lady Mules game against Hamilton County. The doors will open at 5:15pm with the JV ga...