43-year-old Brian Davis from Olney was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department Thursday night at approximately 8:40 following a traffic stop. During the stop, probable cause to search the vehicle was developed and Deputies located methamphetamine and digital scales. Also located in the vehicle was a crossbow...

Numerous guilty pleas were handed down in Wayne County Circuit Court recently. 22-year old Jaxon Willis of Fairfield admitted to violating a previous order of two years probation on an original charge of Non-Consensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images and was re-sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to p...

The Illinois Flag Commission has announced its top ten finalists for the state flag redesign, and among them are two talented students from Fairfield Community High School: Spresalynn Tipps and Johna Kinney. Their design, number 4321, was created as part of an assignment in their Introduction to Social Studies class. T...

During a brief video hearing on Tuesday afternoon, 44-year-old Megan Valentine waived her right to a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering her husband, Judge Michael J. Valentine, who served as the Edwards County Resident Judge. Judge Valentine was found dead from a gunshot wound to the bac...

During last (Thursday) night's meeting of the Wayne County Board, the board reorganized as Daryl Hargrave was unanimously re-elected as Board Chairman and Gene Kollak was unanimously re-elected Vice-Chairman. The agenda was light; 3 ARPA requests were approved: $75,000 for the Highway Department, $34,758 for the Sherif...

Rev. George Harrison Knight, 97, of Carmi, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at Wabash Senior Living in Carmi. He was born on June 1, 1927, in Mounds, Illinois, the son of George Herbert and Mamie (Volner) Knight. He married Ruby Ellen Carter on January 11, 1946, and she preceded him in death on June 23, 2022...

Eddie Dean Brooks Sr, 69, of McLeansboro passed away at 11:54AM on Wednesday December 11, 2024, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. He was a farmer. Eddie was born in Eldorado on September 27, 1955, to James and Bertie (Martin) Brooks. He married Joyce Rawls on July 19, 2012 Eddie is survived by his wife- Joy...

Shirley Bernice Melton, 87, of Fairfield passed away at 7:55AM on Wednesday December 11, 2024, at Ascension St Vincent Hospital in Evansville IN. She had worked in the clothing department at the Farmer Store and Kincaid's. Bernice was born in Wayne County on September 21, 1937, to Dellos and Iris (Williams) Musgrave. B...

Joy Ann Crocker, 84, of Fairfield passed away at 2:00AM on Wednesday December 11, 2024, at Oakview Nursing and Rehab in Mt Carmel. Joy was born in Mt Vernon Il on March 14, 1940, to Robert and Aline (Wood) Stevens. She married Emery Scheriger on December 1, 2015. She had been a church secretary. Joy is survived by her ...

94 year old Fairfield resident, Claude F. Phillips passed away at 9:12 a.m. at Deaconess Regional Healthcare in Marion, Illinois on Friday, December 6, 2024. Claude was born October 29, 1930 in White County, Illinois to Earl and Maude (Musgrave) Phillips. Claude married Clarabelle Ewing on June 23, 1951. They enjoyed...

43-year-old Brian Davis from Olney was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department Thursday night at approximately 8:40 following a traffic stop. During the stop, probable cause to search the vehicle was developed and Deputies located methamphetamine and digital scales. Also located in the vehicle was a crossbow...

Numerous guilty pleas were handed down in Wayne County Circuit Court recently. 22-year old Jaxon Willis of Fairfield admitted to violating a previous order of two years probation on an original charge of Non-Consensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images and was re-sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to p...

The Illinois Flag Commission has announced its top ten finalists for the state flag redesign, and among them are two talented students from Fairfield Community High School: Spresalynn Tipps and Johna Kinney. Their design, number 4321, was created as part of an assignment in their Introduction to Social Studies class. T...

During a brief video hearing on Tuesday afternoon, 44-year-old Megan Valentine waived her right to a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering her husband, Judge Michael J. Valentine, who served as the Edwards County Resident Judge. Judge Valentine was found dead from a gunshot wound to the bac...

During last (Thursday) night's meeting of the Wayne County Board, the board reorganized as Daryl Hargrave was unanimously re-elected as Board Chairman and Gene Kollak was unanimously re-elected Vice-Chairman. The agenda was light; 3 ARPA requests were approved: $75,000 for the Highway Department, $34,758 for the Sherif...