The Albion City Council met in regular session Monday Night. Here is Edwards County Correspondent Mark Curtis with the report:

On May 31st, 2025 Gayle Carter, 69, of Fairfield was arrested on a Wayne County Failure to Appear Warrant. The warrant was issued after Carter failed to appear in the Wayne County Circuit Court last week on charges stemming from a 2024 arrest for Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and Unlawful Delivery of Methamph...

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department worked a two-vehicle traffic crash Monday morning. On Monday, June 2nd at approximately 7:30 am, Mack Sitzes, 56, of Cisne was traveling east on County Highway 7 in 2016 Ford F250 and met a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado being driven by Nicholas Lambert, 20, of Geff, who was traveling w...

US Representative Mike Bost and Judicial Watch announced on Monday that the United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear their case challenging Illinois' statute that extends Election Day for 14 days past the date established by federal law. Illinois' election law allows vote-by-mail ballots received up to 14 days af...

On Friday night, the Illinois House unanimously approved an Illinois Farm Bureau-backed legislation addressing deer overpopulation, the bill has been sent to Governor JB Pritzker's desk for his signature. A key provision of the new legislation requires the IDNR to update its Deer Removal Permit (DRP) procedures. Among...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced that the state's free fishing days are coming up. The IDNR said the free fishing days will be June 13th through 16th, which coincides with Father's Day weekend. During these four days, everyone can fish in Illinois lakes and waterways without a license, inland tro...

Wabash Area Development, Inc (WADI) has announced that they will no longer be accepting applications for Energy Assistance. They say this is due to the fact that funding for the year has been exhausted. They will begin taking applications for the next fiscal year on October 1st, 2025

The Greater Wabash Food Council's Fairfield Farmer's Market will be held this Saturday, June 7th at Leo French Park. The Market will be set up near the Fairfield Public swimming pool and will start at 9 am and run until 1 pm. There will also be live music featuring Jim Garrett and Oliver McGill. Everyone is invited to ...

The Friends of the Groff Memorial Library in Grayville will be hosting an Animal Tales event on Tuesday, June 10th at 11am. The event called Art of the Wild: Animal Colors Quest will explore all of the ways that animals use color to communicate, express themselves and camouflage. The event is free to attend and will f...

The Mount Erie Farmer's market opens today beginning at 8 am and going until noon. The Farmer's Market will be held every Tuesday beginning today and running through August at the Mount Erie Ruritan Pavilion next to Crystal's Country Cream. The Farmer's Market will feature some early produce items, coffee, fresh cinnam...

In Boys Baseball Super Sectional action yesterday, Waltonville-Sesser Valier fell to Pawnee 5-4 and in Girls Softball Super Sectional action Waltonville-Sesser Valier lost to Casey Westfield 4-0 In Major League Baseball Action from yesterday Both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs had the day off. MAJOR LEA...

Several local athletes participated in the IHSA State Track Finals on Saturday. Jarret Vaughan of Fairfield placed 37th in the 3200m event with a time of 11:46.57 Carmi's Mitchel Edwards failed to repeat as State High Jump Champion, finishing 13th clearing a height of 6 foot. And Flora's Jadon Leib, finished 16th in th...

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD St. Louis Cardinals 1 Texas Rangers 11 Chicago Cubs 2 Cincinnati Reds 6 The Chicago Cubs remain atop the Central Division standings with a 3 game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. In other Major League Baseball action Friday: Chicago White Sox 1 ...

Several FCHS Boys Track Athletes were in action yesterday at the IHSA State Track Meet at Eastern Illinois University. The Mules 4x200 relay team of Michael Barner, Miller Simpson, Jude Carter and Justin Johnson on broke the school record with a time of 1:33.35. The previous record of 1:33.9 had stood for 67 years and...

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASEBALL SECTIONAL SCORES CLASS 1A SECTIONALS: Casey-Westfield 13, Nokomis 5 Steeleville 1, Goreville 0 Waltonville/S-V 6, Hardin Co 4 CLASS 2A SECTIONALS: DuQuoin 9, Harrisburg 2 Teutopolis 7, Breese Central 4 West Frankfort 2, Pinckneyville 1 CLASS 3A REGIONALS: Centralia 6, Mt Vernon 4 Effingham 9, ...