The southeastern Illinois region should experience seasonable weather conditions for late August the next few days, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. They say high temperatures should stay out of the 90s for the next week, with lows dipping near 60 some nights. A mainly dry pattern is exp...

Wayne City High School will host an American Red Cross blood drive on Wednesday, September 9. The blood drive, sponsored by the school's FCCLA, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Wayne City High School gym at 302 Mill Street. The drive is being held in honor of Marilyn Breeze and David Garrison and in memory of...

The Fairfield Fall Fun Fest Prince and Princess Contest will be held Thursday, September 17, at 5:30 p.m. on the festival's Main Stage. The contest is sponsored by The Fairfield Banking Company and is open to children in first or second grade within the Fairfield Community High School district. Children must be dressed...

A new study is raising questions about possible connections between sugary drinks and stomach cancer. Researchers from Mass General Brigham found people who regularly consumed sugary drinks had an increased risk of developing gastric cancer. Decades of health information from over 112,000 adults in the U.S. was analyz...

Some frozen blueberries are being recalled. Reports say the FDA is issuing a recall for frozen blueberries sold at some Publix supermarkets in early July. The recall is at the most severe risk level. Publix officials are reminding customers to not consume the blueberries, but to instead discard them or return them to...

The Fairfield Community High School Board of Education approved a $1 million transfer for ongoing district renovations and placed its tentative fiscal year 2027 budget on public review during Thursday night's meeting. The board approved a resolution to abate $1 million from Working Cash Bonds to the Capital Projects Fu...

Five defendants were sentenced this week in Wayne County Circuit Court in cases involving drug, DUI and trespassing offenses. On Thursday, Judge Denton Aud sentenced 60-year-old John Rankin of Carmi after Rankin pleaded guilty to criminal trespass to land, a Class A misdemeanor. Rankin was placed on one year of court s...

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department arrested a Mt. Vernon man Thursday afternoon on a county warrant. Thirty-five-year-old Blake Lane was arrested on a Wayne County warrant for failure to appear on original charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and illegal transportation of alcohol in a motor vehicle. Lan...

Illinois State Police have released new details in the death of a 1-year-old Du Quoin girl, saying the child suffered severe burns over a large portion of her body and was not taken for medical treatment. ISP Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 was called Aug. 17 to investigate the child's death in the 700 block ...

A 72-year-old Mt. Vernon man was arrested Thursday on child pornography and sex offender registration charges following an unrelated investigation. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says Virgil Higginson faces five counts of possession of child pornography and one count of violating sex offender registration requir...

LOCAL SPORTS FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL: FAIRFIELD FUTURES SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT AT SOUTHWEST PARK Crab Orchard vs. Carmi Mt. Carmel vs. New Hope Hamilton County vs. Flora Woodlawn vs. Edwards County FAIRFIELD JUNIOR FOO...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Mules Football at Edwards County - Annual Shrine Game LeMond's Chevrolet Chrysler Pre-Game Show begins at 6:30 p.m. on WFIW-FM 104.9. Kickoff at 7:00 p.m. with the game video streamed on wfiwradio.com and tocsportsnetwork.com. OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL: Wayne City...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Mules and Lady Mules Golf vs. Eldorado, Edwards County, and Wayne City at the Fairfield Public Golf Course 4:00 p.m. OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL: Fairfield vs. New Hope Jasper vs. West Salem Cisne at Albion Wayne City vs. Woodlawn JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL: Fairfield v...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL: Fairfield at NCOE Jasper at Iuka New Hope vs. Allendale-St. Mary's JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL: Fairfield at NCOE New Hope vs. Albion AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY: HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: The Fairfield Mules and Lady Mules G...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Mules and Lady Mules Golf vs. NCOE, Edwards County, and Wayne City at the Fairfield Public Golf Course 4:00 p.m. OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: HIGH SCHOOL FALL BASEBALL: Wayne City vs. Woodlawn JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL: Fairfield at Olney Cisne at Geff JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL: Fairfield at Oln...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: NO EVENTS SCHEDULED OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL: Jasper at Geff New Hope vs. Allendale-St. Mary's Cisne at Wayne City JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL: Jasper vs. St. Mary's (Mt. Vernon) New Hope vs. Albion Cisne at Wayne City AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM THE WEEKEND: HIGH SCHOOL...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Lady Mules Golf at the Mt. Carmel Lady Aces Invitational 1:00 p.m. Meet the Mules 6:00 p.m. Doors open to the Mule Barn at 5:30pm. o Introductions for Golf, Girls Tennis, Cross Country, Girls Swim and Volleyball in the Mule Barn 6:00 p.m. o Volleyball Scrimmage 6:15 - 6:45 p.m. o Introdu...

ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS: Mules Boys Golf at the Mt. Carmel Invitational 1:00 p.m. OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY: JR HIGH BOYS BASEBALL: Jasper at Allendale-St. Mary's Wayne City vs. Spring Garden JR HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL: Jasper at Allendale-St. Mary's New Hope at West Salem Cisne at North Clay Wayne City vs. Spring ...