Category Archives: Local News

The next meeting of the Fairfield City Council is coming up this Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at City Hall. Five items appear on the official agenda under Routine Business. They include a service agreement...

The latest information from the Illinois Department of Public Health as of late last week shows over half of Illinois' 102 counties are at an elevated level for COVID-19 hospitalizations. They also re...

The Illinois State Police Division of Patrol Troop 10 announced the arrest of 48-year-old Mikhail V. Subbotin of Lawrenceville, GA on charges of Possession of Cannibis, more than 5000 grams, Cannibis ...

Reports out of Effingham, IL say a Flora man was arrested Friday for attempted kidnapping. The incident happened at about 7 a.m. Friday when Effingham police and Effingham County Sheriff’s deput...

With Dustin Harmon of Bellwether Advantage corralling things, the White County Board met with it's most expediated gathering in months. It took the board just under 40 minutes to get through business ...

Two men from McLeansboro have been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to their conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Justin LaGesse, 37, and Theodore Midden...

A slight bit of light snow has blanketed portions of the WFIW Listening Area this morning. Temps will be working on cooling off starting today and wind chill readings are between 0 and -10 in the area...

The FCHS Board met in regular session Thursday evening with all board members present. The board unanimously approved the hiring of Baysinger Architects ,LLC as the gym renovation project architect. I...

The Edwards County School Board met in regular session Thursday in Albion. Mark Curtis was at the meeting and filed this report.... https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/420/20...

The FCHS varsity scholastic team went 3 and 0 Thursday night to capture first in the SIAC meet. Chase Cline was named MVP with 22 tossups, while Gabriel Barbre was named to the all tournament team wit...