Category Archives: Local News

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...

During a recent meeting and luncheon of the Fairfield Rotary Club, Charles and Stacy West shared insights about their businesses and the ongoing renovations at Westport Plaza in Fairfield.   Char...

The Wayne City Village Board met on Monday night, where Mayor Rocky Hedden informed members that seven applications have been submitted for the Police Officer position, following the departure of form...

Wabash General Hospital in Mt. Carmel is alerting patients to a series of scam calls that appear to be coming from the hospital. Fraudsters are spoofing the hospital's phone numbers in an attempt to s...