Category Archives: Local News

Another complex of severe thunderstorms moved through the southern Illinois region late Saturday afternoon and evening, causing significant power outages and causing quite a bit of storm damage in the...

Recent rainfall has caused some minor jumps in area rivers, however they remain well below flood stage as of this morning. The Little Wabash River east of Fairfield is at 13.12 feet. Flood stage is 17...

The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved the implementation of a new 730 area code in southern Illinois to help with the high demand of new telephone numbers in southern Illinois and the current ...

Reports out of Franklin County say a three year old toddler has been found dead after a lengthy search on Saturday. According to media reports and information from the West Frankfort Police department...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Friday that it is opening some lanes on area highways and interstates that have been closed for construction for the 4th of July holiday weekend to ...

The month of July and the 4th of July weekend could start off with a "bang" from Mother Nature, as the southeastern Illinois region has the chance for some severe weather developing at some point this...

The Wayne County Courthouse will be conducting maintenance on the air conditioner unit on Wednesday, July 5 and Thursday, July 6, which will cause the courthouse to close at noon both days. The office...

Thursday in Jefferson County Court, 24-year-old Treyaveon D. Massie of Evansville, IN was sentenced to a combined 80 years in prison. This was a result of a Sheriff's Office investigation into the fac...

A Heat Advisory for the entire area remains in affect until 8 PM in the WFIW Listening Area. Weather Service officials say heat index values can be anywhere from 105 to 115 degrees. Weather Service of...

Thursday was dominated by severe weather watches and warnings throughout the area. The first watches in our area began at 3 AM and the last watch ended around 9 PM last night. There were also warnings...