Category Archives: Local News

A FREEZE WARNING issued by The National Weather Service remains in effect until 9am this (Tuesday) morning for all of Southern Illinois. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 to 30 degrees expected o...

  Here's the current river stages according to the US Geological Survey. Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 29.77 feet (flood stage is at 17 ft.) The Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a readi...

The Edwards County Farm Bureau Foundation recently announced their 2025 Collegiate Scholarship winners. This year the Foundation awarded $4,500 in scholarships to Edwards County students pursuing degr...

  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...