Category Archives: Local News

38 Special Playing Free Concert At 2026 Illinois State Fair (Springfield, IL) -- 38 Special will be playing a free concert at the Illinois State Fair this summer. The legendary southern rock band will...

Residents served by the Boyleston Waterworks system in the Boyleston area no longer need to boil water for drinking or cooking. Officials announced that recent test results came back clear, and the wa...

  The National Weather Service is forecasting a brief cool-down across the region today and Thursday, with highs expected to range from the low to upper 60s. Rainfall totals at the WFIW studios e...

Wayne County residents will have a great opportunity to safely dispose of old electronics at a Free Electronic Waste Recycling Event today (Wednesday) and tomorrow from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The event w...

Two area men were arrested in April by the Clay County Sheriff's Department on outstanding warrants out of Clay County. On April 1st, 45-year-old Jason W. Brown of Cisne was taken into custody on a no...

The North Wayne Unit School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Friday at 5:15 p.m. at Cisne Middle School in the staff workroom. The meeting will begin with the Pledge of Alleg...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is recognizing its nursing staff as part of National Nurses Week. Hospital officials expressed appreciation for the dedication, compassion, and professionalism nurses provi...

  Fairfield Community High School will host the 2026 Fairfield Mules Boys Basketball Camp at the FCHS gym, offering three sessions grouped by grade level and focused on fundamentals. The camp wil...

A two-day Food Sanitation & Safety Training course geared toward restaurant managers, food handlers, and hospitality professionals will be offered on May 29th and June 5th at the Frontier Communit...

Illinois farmers are off to a fast start this spring, with corn and soybean emergence well ahead of the five-year average, according to the USDA's latest crop progress and condition report released Mo...