The Albion City Council met for their monthly meeting last (Monday) night. Our Edwards County correspondent. Mark Curtis has the details.

Help at Home, Wayne County Senior Citizens Center and Chamber of Commerce would like to announce the Annual Senior Citizen's Christmas Light Tour on Monday December 9th. Must be 55 and older to ride. To nominate a home for the tour, please call Libby at the Chamber of Commerce office at 618-842-6116 or Connie at 618-84...

The City of Fairfield will hold another large item pick up day this Friday. Allowed Items include: 1 large piece of furniture. Some examples are a regular couch, a loveseat, a recliner, a mattress/box spring, a dining room table, a dresser or an entertainment center. Smaller furniture items will need to be no larger th...

The communities of Mt. Erie, Enterprise, and Cisne invite you to experience a "Drive-Thru Bethlehem" on Sunday, December 8th, from 4 PM to 7 PM at Elm River Cumberland Presbyterian Church, also known as "The Brown" Church. Located on County Highway 2 (161 Extension), just two miles west of Mt. Erie,...

On Saturday, November 23rd, the Hamilton Memorial Hospital Foundation hosted it's 23rd Annual Foundation Gala Dinner. The event was held at Hamilton County Senior High School beginning at 5:00pm, and featured a silent auction, dinner catered by Yesterday's Catering in Carmi, and program presentation. Within the program...

"Christmas Toy School at the North Pole," a delightful children's play at Nostalgia Theater (formerly Town Theater) in downtown Flora will take place on Saturday, December 7th, at 7 PM and Sunday, December 8th, at 3 PM. Set just days before Christmas at the North Pole, this production is directed by Stacey Ea...

61-year-old, David Alan Selph of Crossville was arrested last Wednesday afternoon on a Wayne County warrant for Violation of Pretrial Release on an original charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Selph was lodged in the Wayne County Jail pending a court appearance on the charge.

Wayne City Matters is sponsoring a Christmas Light Competition. There are two different categories: Category 1-Residence; you must live in the Wayne City limits and Category 2-Business; your business must be in the Wayne City limits. $100 cash prize and prize money will be given to the top 2 in each category. Voting...

Wayne City Matters Hometown Lighted Christmas Parade is set for Saturday, December 14th beginning at 7pm with Grand Marshals for the parade this year being Gary & Rota Harrell. There are new categories this year for Best Business Entry, Best Lighted Farm Equipment Entry, Best Royality Entry and Best Personal Smal...

Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 54,661 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois firearm deer season between November 22nd thru 24th. Comparatively, hunters took 53,348 and 52,354 deer during the first firearm weekends in 2023 and 2022, respectively. In Wayne County, hunters took 1,113 deer c...

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FROM MONDAY: REGULAR SEASON GAME: Sandoval 83, Ramsey 26 CARLYLE KASKASKIAN TOURNEY: Pinckneyville 72, Okawville 45 Carlyle 45, Flora 28 DuQUOIN TIP-OFF CLASSIC: Sparta 74, Carmi 65 Herrin 64, Sesser-Valier 51 Chester 62, DuQuoin 54 GOREVILLE INV. TOURNEY: Anna-Jonesboro 54, Hardin Co 44 Gor...

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FROM SATURDAY: Lawrenceville Capital Classic Lawrenceville 71, Mt Carmel 31 Teutopolis 57, Salem 20 Vincennes Lincoln 81, Red Hill 58 Fairfield 53, Olney 51 Red Hill 59, Mt Carmel 50 (7th Place) Olney 44, Salem 35 (5th Place) Teutopolis 60, Fairfield 41 (3rd) (Justice Dagg of the Mules selec...

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Lawrenceville Capital Classic Vincennes Lincoln 67, Fairfield 39 Fairfield 59, Red Hill 42 The Mules will play Olney at 11:30 this morning LAWRENCE COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Lawrenceville 50, Salem 38 Olney 59, Red Hill 45 Teutopolis 76, Mt Carmel 25 Salem 51, Mt Carmel 35 Vincennes Lincoln 60, ...

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: The 2024-2025 edition of the Fairfield Mules will open their season today at the Lawrence County Capital Classic when they face Vincennes Lincoln, with tip-off at 12:30pm at the Red Hill High School in Bridgeport. They will also turnaround and face Red Hill later tonight at 7:30pm. Saturday morn...

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES FROM WEDNESDAY: REGULAR SEASON: Greenville 51, Nokomis 22 Hamilton Co 59, Sesser-Valier 50 Pinckneyville 62, Chester 33 CHRISTOPHER TOURNEY Webber 65, Thompsonville 56 Christopher 52, New Athens 51 COBDEN TOURNAMENT Century 73, Dongola 47 Shawnee 76, Joppa 64 Cobden 78, Egyptian 55 EF...