A FREEZE WARNING issued by The National Weather Service remains in effect until 9am this (Tuesday) morning for all of Southern Illinois. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 to 30 degrees expected over most of the region. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage un...

Here's the current river stages according to the US Geological Survey. Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 29.77 feet (flood stage is at 17 ft.) The Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a reading of 19.51 feet, (flood stage is 15 ft). The Little Wabash below Clay City is at 24.43 feet. (flood stage is at 18 ft.) ...

The Edwards County Farm Bureau Foundation recently announced their 2025 Collegiate Scholarship winners. This year the Foundation awarded $4,500 in scholarships to Edwards County students pursuing degrees related to agriculture at the collegiate level or above. A $2,500 scholarship was awarded to Kassidi Metcalf of rura...

The Albion City Council met in regular session last (Monday) night. Here with a recap of the meeting is our Edwards County Correspondent, Mark Curtis.

The Johnsonville Ruritan club will have their community fish fry on Saturday, April 12th at the Johnsonville Ruritan Building. The event stqarts at 5pm with the meal consisting of Fish or Chicken, Fries, Baked Beans, Coleslaw, and Desserts. Dine in or Carry outs will be available.

The Geff Ruritan Club will hold their monthly all-you-can-eat breakfast on Saturday, April 12th at the Geff Ruritan building from 7am to 9am. A 50/50 drawing will be held. All proceeds will go toward the Geff Grade School Cheerleaders for the purchase of new uniforms.

The tax filing deadline is quickly approaching. The Illinois Department of Revenue is reminding taxpayers that April 15th is the deadline to file 2024 state individual income tax returns. The agency began accepting and processing individual income tax returns on January 27th. Taxpayers are encouraged to file electron...

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 ...

TODAY AT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Mules Girls & Boys Track at FCHS Coed Open Meet 4pm Mules Baseball at Edwards Co. 4:30pm Lady Mules Softball at Edwards Co. 4:30pm GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES FROM MONDAY Benton 11, DuQuoin 1 Breese Mater Dei 9, Hillsboro 4 Carterville 13, Herrin 2 Crab Orchard 7, Carmi-White Co...

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...