Category Archives: Local News

ADULT DENTAL CLINICS AVAILABLE IN MAY AT CLAY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Clay County Health Department (CCHD) is hosting adult dental clinics on Monday, May 19th, from 9 am to 3 pm. To qualify for these services, participants must be residents of Clay County or ...
Mark Wells Apr 16, 2025

FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23RD
The meeting of the Fairfield Community High School District #225 Board of Education, originally scheduled for Thursday, April 17th, 2025, has been rescheduled. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, A...
Mark Wells Apr 16, 2025

GRAYVILLE WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER EARLY MORNING CRASH IN GIBSON COUNTY INDIANA
(Photo credit: Gibson Co. Jail) 27-year-old Charli Sullivan of Grayville was arrested early Tuesday morning following an accident on State Road 168 near County Road 500 West in Gibson County In...
Mark Wells Apr 16, 2025

ALLSTAR PACKAGE IN CISNE PREPARING FOR THE RIB COOKOFF TO BENEFIT FEEDING KIDS OF WAYNE COUNTY
AllStar Package in Cisne is preparing for their Rib Cook-off to be held on Saturday, May 3rd. The event sponsored by Save A Lot in Fairfield, AllStar Package in Cisne and Brandon Irwin will again bene...
Mark Wells Apr 16, 2025

NEW HOPE GRADE SCHOOL ANNOUNCE SPEECH CONTEST WINNERS
New Hope Grade School held its local speech contest yesterday (Tuesday) on the topic "An Invention that Changed the World". The top three students in grades 5th-8th advanced to the local contes...
Mark Wells Apr 16, 2025

CITY OF FAIRFIELD TO BEGIN THE ANNUAL MOSQUITO SPRAYING
The City of Fairfield is kicking off its annual mosquito control program for 2025. Starting soon, you will notice employees walking and driving around waterways and storm drains to apply larvicide. &n...
Mark Wells Apr 16, 2025

CISNE FIREWORKS VOLUNTEERS TO HOLD PANCAKE & SAUSAGE BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER
Cisne Fireworks Volunteers will be having a pancake & sausage breakfast on Saturday, April 19th at the Cisne Fire Department on the west side of the Cisne Square. The breakfast will run from 6am t...
Mark Wells Apr 16, 2025

FLORA ELKS FREE CHILDREN'S ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH
The Flora Elks 1659 and Olney Elks 926 Lodges in cooperation in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children's Care Corporation will sponsor a free children's orthopedic assessment clinic on Wednesday,...
Mark Wells Apr 16, 2025

ILLINOIS HOMESCHOOL BILL STALLS, BUT SPONSOR REMAINS OPTIMISTIC
A bill that would tighten homeschooling regulations in Illinois missed a key deadline last Friday. But its sponsor, Rep. Terra Costa Howard, said it's still alive - and she's working on changes recomm...
Mark Wells Apr 16, 2025

TWO GRAYVILLE MEN ARRESTED IN THE CHAMPAIGN AREA LINKED TO CASEY'S STORE BURGLARIES, RECOVER $8,000 IN CASH
Two Grayville men, 37-year-old Ryan Valencia and 36-year-old Joseph Caldwell are in custody in Champaign County following their arrest Sunday morning as suspects in two Casey's General Store burglarie...
Mark Wells Apr 15, 2025