Wayne County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for any tips relating to two recent thefts. Tommy Withrow reports two trail cameras stolen from a woods he owns-a Tacticam 2.0 GPS cell camera. Lisa Wells reports a storage unit break-in, with gray totes containing clothing taken. Melinda Knew reports that a camouflage H...

Fairfield resident, 35-year-old Nathan R. Watson was arrested by Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies Monday afternoon on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Watson was booked into the Wayne County Jail pending a court appearance. 21-year-old William...

Mount Carmel Police Saturday afternoon received a report of a missing 62-year-old man who had not returned home after mushroom hunting the Friday evening in the area between the 3rd Street overpass and the railroad tracks toward Oak Street. After an unsuccessful search of the area, Mount Carmel Police Department reques...

The Illinois Wheat Association is inviting farmers and researchers to tour wheat fields and estimate yields of the winter wheat crop during its annual Wheat Plot Tour on May 20th at the Southern Illinois University Belleville Research Center. The tour will include field checks throughout the day, culminating in a late ...

The USDA Crop and Progress Report was released yesterday (Monday) as planting activity accelerates across the state, earlier planted corn and soybean crops are beginning to emerge. According to the report, there were 3.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 27th. The statewide average temperature wa...

The City of Albion, in partnership with Sunrise Sanitation, has announced that the annual Spring City-Wide Clean Up will take place on Friday, May 2nd. This service is exclusively for residents living within Albion city limits. To participate, residents must place all acceptable items neatly at the curb no later than t...

Back row (left to right): Maxi Young, Teresa Harris, JoAnn Sons, and Paul Colarusso Front row (left to right): Marlene Rogers, Charlene Carter, Joy Coles, and Brenda Rister Back row (left to right): Dorothy Dickey, Janet Brant, Jill Mitchell, Maxi Young, Kathy Land, Cindy Sager, Teresa Harris, David Savage, JoAnn Sons,...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that its Horizon Healthcare Carmi Medical Clinic has acquired the Saqib Practice in Carmi, IL. The last day of operation for Dr. Saqib's clinic was March 31st, with services seamlessly continuing under the Horizon Healthcare umbrella. As part of this acquisition, all p...

Pictured L to R: Abby Gill, Brianna Swartzbaugh, Mikayla Harris, Alys Osmon, Bree Peach Members of the Edwards County FFA Horticulture Team have been busy competing in several events this spring. On April 4th, the team participated in the Section 23 Horticulture Career Development Event (CDE), where they earned an impr...

Four female students are dead after a vehicle crashed into an after school camp in Chatham. Illinois State police say the incident happened yesterday at YNOT After School Camp on Breckenridge Road, where a vehicle drove into the east side of the building. The vehicle hit multiple people outside of the building before...

TODAY AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Boys Tennis @ Salem 4pm Girls Track @ DuQuoin 4pm Lady Mules Softball @ Carmi-White Co 4:30pm Mules Baseball @ Carmi-White Co 4:30pm HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES FROM MONDAY Altamont 3, Neoga 0 Anna-Jonesboro 9, West Frankfort 2 Belleville West 2, Red Bud 1 Bethalto Civic 9, Highland 0 Car...

TODAY AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Lady Mules Softball at Gallatin County 4:30pm HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES FROM SATURDAY Waltonville/Sesser-Valier 12, Nashville 11 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCORES FROM SATURDAY Alton-Marquette 5, Mater Dei 2 Carbondale 8, Johnston City 2 Dieterich 11, Robinson 6 Effingham 9, Mt Carmel 7 Fathe...

FCHS Mules Basketball 3 on 3 Tournament is set for today, beginning at 9 a.m. FCHS JV Baseball team will be at the Red Hill Round Robin tournament at 10 a.m. today. FCHS Cheerleading Tryouts set for today at 10 a.m. in the West Gym. Friday's Southern Illinois High School Softball Scoreboard: Carterville 10 Massac Count...

SPORTS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH TODAY AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL No events scheduled HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES FROM THURSDAY Flora 5, Fairfield 3 Edwards Co 5, Hamilton Co 3 NCOE 12, Carrier-Mills 5 Altamont 2, Vandalia 1 Belleville East 16, Alton 0 Benton 7, Massac Co 4 Breese Central 8, Roxana 7 CORLS 9, Alton-Marquett...

TODAY AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Lady Mules Track @ Webber 3pm Lady Mules Softball @ Flora 4:30pm Mules Baseball @ Flora 4:30pm HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES FROM WEDNESDAY Belleville East 5, Mt Vernon 0 Carterville 11, Vienna 0 Chester 7, New Athens 3 Cobden 11, Dongola 8 Columbia 2, Red Bud 1 Crab Orchard 9, Hardin Co 1 ...