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The 14th annual Wayne County Antique Tractor Drive will be held on Labor Day, Monday, September 5. All tractors that are model year 1992 or earlier (30 years of age or older) are welcome to participate. The route will begin and end at Vaughan Equipment Incorporated, located at 908 South First Street (Route 45) in Fairfield. Planned tours during the drive include Junkyard Art by Tam-I-Am and Scarbrough Trucking. Check-in will begin at 8:00 a.m. with a planned departure time of 9:00 a.m. Pictures ...

Edwards County Treasurer Debbie Smith says 2020 payable 2021 Real Estate Taxes have been mailed. The due date for the first installment has been set for November 30th, and the second installment is due by December 30th. The total extension this year is $6,276,962. Last year's was $6,443,317.14. Payment may be made in person, by mail, or in the drop box in front of the cell tower on the northeast side of the courthouse. People can also pay online with a credit or debit card at govtechtaxpro...

th through the 18 th. The event was cancelled last year due to COVID-19, and one of the driving factors in that move was a concern over acquiring state approval for shutting down a portion of the highway through Fairfield. This year, committee member Brad Jesop says the state has indicated a street closure shouldn’t be an issue. Anyone wanting information on booth rentals should call the Greater Fairfield Chamber of Commerce Office at 842-6116, and anyone wanting street rental information sho...

FCHS will hold its Senior Prom on May 8 th, with line-up at the school at 4 and Prom itself at the Willow Creek Venue at 6:30. FCHS After Prom has permission to hold After Prom at FCHS, as well, and it is selling luminaires in honor or memory of someone to light the gravel pathway up to Willow Creek as a fundraiser. They can be purchased for $5 at Carnaby Square, Black’s Fashion Flower, and Mama Bear’s Four Seasons Crafts and More. They can also be purchased by Venmo by inserting “Luminai...

82-year-old Elaine Brown of Fairfield passed peacefully away Monday morning, February 8, 2021 at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. She was born July 5, 1938 at the family home in Mill Shoals to George and Myrtle (Mossberger) Jackson. On January 31, 1955, she married Joe F. Brown in Mt. Vernon, and he preceded her in death on December 1, 2014. Elaine worked at Carnaby Square for many years and also worked in the Pro Shop at the Fairfield Golf Course. She was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Chu...

December 14, 2020 Early Thursday, December 10, 2020, Gary Robert Lee of Burton, Texas went home to be with the Lord.  Gary was born February 11, 1948 in Mount Vernon, Illinois.  Gary grew up in Fairfield, Illinois with his parents, June and Ray Lee, and brothers Terry and Bob.  He graduated from Fairfield Community High School in 1966.Gary attended Shriner Institute in Kerrville, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and received an Associate in Arts degree in 1968.  He went on to attend A...