Category Archives: Local News

  The Albion City Council met in regular session last (Monday) night. Here with a recap of the meeting is our Edwards County Correspondent, Mark Curtis.

The Johnsonville Ruritan club will have their community fish fry on Saturday, April 12th at the Johnsonville Ruritan Building. The event starts at 5pm with the meal consisting of Fish or Chicken, Frie...

The Geff Ruritan Club will hold their monthly all-you-can-eat breakfast on Saturday, April 12th at the Geff Ruritan building from 7am to 9am. A 50/50 drawing will be held. All proceeds will go toward ...

The tax filing deadline is quickly approaching. The Illinois Department of Revenue is reminding taxpayers that April 15th is the deadline to file 2024 state individual income tax returns. The agency b...

Saturday night around 7:30, Fairfield Police located 29-year-old Nicole Boyd of Wayne City in the 400 block of Spring Street. Boyd was wanted on a Wayne County Warrant (Unlawful Possession of Methamph...

50-year-old Victor Young of Centralia was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department Friday afternoon on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Driving While Lice...

  Several inches of rain fell over the weekend and according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, a FLOOD WARNING remains in effect for the Skillet Fork River at Wayne City affecting Wayne...

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting enrollments and elections for the 2025 Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). The deadline is April 15, 2025. ARC and PLC provide ...

A boil order has been issued for the Bt Prairie Water System from Lewis Scrap Metal going west to Shrewsbury Road in Mill Shoals. For questions, call Wayne Carter at 618-383-5850.

Illinois State Police Troop 9 Commander, Captain Nathan Douglas, has released the results of the Distracted Driving Enforcement Program conducted in Marion and Wayne counties during March. This initia...