Saturday night around 7:30, Fairfield Police located 29-year-old Nicole Boyd of Wayne City in the 400 block of Spring Street. Boyd was wanted on a Wayne County Warrant (Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine - Violation of Suspended Sentence). Boyd was transported and lodged in the Wayne County Jail pending a court app...

50-year-old Victor Young of Centralia was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department Friday afternoon on a Wayne County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Driving While License Suspended. Young was lodged in the Wayne County Jail pending a court appearance.

Several inches of rain fell over the weekend and according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, a FLOOD WARNING remains in effect for the Skillet Fork River at Wayne City affecting Wayne and White Counties and the Little Wabash River at Carmi affecting Wayne, White and Gallatin Counties. Some areas have seen 10 ...

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting enrollments and elections for the 2025 Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). The deadline is April 15, 2025. ARC and PLC provide financial protections to farmers from substantial drops in crop prices or revenues and are vital economic safety nets ...

A boil order has been issued for the Bt Prairie Water System from Lewis Scrap Metal going west to Shrewsbury Road in Mill Shoals. For questions, call Wayne Carter at 618-383-5850.

Illinois State Police Troop 9 Commander, Captain Nathan Douglas, has released the results of the Distracted Driving Enforcement Program conducted in Marion and Wayne counties during March. This initiative focused on saving lives and reducing serious crashes by enforcing distracted driving laws. Enforcement Activity Res...

Johnsonville LLC, based in Momence, IL, is recalling 22,672 pounds of cheddar bratwurst after receiving consumer complaints about hard plastic in the product, as reported by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The affected cheddar bratwurst was produced on February 5th, but the recall notice does not include...

The Women's Center at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital marked a significant milestone with a record-breaking 150 births in March 2025, making it their busiest month ever. A spokeswoman for the Women's Center shared, "Our team has truly come together, showing what teamwork can achieve. With births on the rise, ev...

The National Weather Service has issued a FREEZE WARNING in effect for all of Southern Illinois tonight (Monday) and until 9am Tuesday morning. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 to 30 degrees expected over most of the region. Everyone should see 32 degrees low or close to it. Frost and freeze conditions could ...

The City of Fairfield's Business District Committee is holding a public meeting on Wednesday, April 9th, 2025, at 4:30 PM. The meeting will take place at Fairfield City Hall and will focus on the following: Discussion with David Legg regarding demolition projects at 901 W. Delaware St. and new project proposals. Opport...

TODAY AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ***Weather Permitting*** Boys Tennis at Mt. Carmnel 4pm Mules Baseball vs Lawrenceville at Veterans Field 4:30pm Lady Mules Softball vs Lawrenceville at Southwest Park 4:30pm NBA Chicago Bulls 131, Charlotte Hornets 117 Toronto Raptors 120, Brooklyn Nets 109 Los Angeles Lakers 126, Oklah...

Major League Baseball Friday: Boston 13 St. Louis 9 Chicago Cubs 3 San Diego 1 Detroit 7 Chicago White Sox 4 NY Mets 5 Toronto 0 Athletics 6 Colroado 3 (11 innings) NY Yankees 9 Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco 10 Seattle 9 (11 innings) Arizona 6 Washington 4 Philadelphia 3 LA Dodgers 2 Atlanta 1...

TODAY AT FCHS ***Weather Permitting*** Mules Baseball @ Red Hill 4:30pm. JV innings to follow ****THIS GAME HAS BEEN CANCELED**** Cisne Baseball & Softball vs Dieterich today (Friday, April 4th) has been canceled FREELAND TAKES NEW HEAD COACHING POSITION A respected head coach with a proven track record of buildin...

TODAY AT FCHS ***Weather Permitting*** Mules Boys Tennis @ Mt. Carmel 4pm Lady Mules Softball at Southwest Park vs Wayne City 4:30pm Mules Baseball @ Veterans Field at Lakeside Park vs Wayne City 4:30pm NBA Houston Rockets 143, Utah Jazz 105 Cleveland Cavaliers 124, New York Knicks 105 Miami Heat 124, Boston Celtics 10...

FAIRFIELD COED OPEN TRACK RESULTS TUESDAY Girls: Fairfield-221, Mt. Carmel-95.5, Webber-47.5, Woodlawn-46, Cisne-38, Patoka-32 Boys: Fairfield-163, Sesser-Valier-122, Mt. Carmel-85, Webber-62, Eldorado-37, Cisne-26, Woodlawn-21, Patoka-6 GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES FROM TUESDAY Olney-Richland Co 8, Fairfield 0 NC...