Emma Wiseman of Albion has been recognized as a 2022 Illinois FFA Top 10 Section President, and she will be honored during the 2022 Illinois FFA State Convention in June. Wiseman was the 2020-2021 Edwards County FFA President and is the current FFA Section 23 President. She received her State FFA Degree in 2021, a Top-10 Chapter President Award in 2021, and the Gold Chapter President Award in 2020. Fairfield police investigated a traffic crash at the intersection of Commerce Drive and West Delaware Street yesterday afternoon. Police say 27-year-old Fairfield resident Jeffrey May was driving a 2012 Chevrolet and pulled into the path of a 2010 Freightliner bus operated by 56-year-old Waltonville resident Tammy Durietz. No injuries were reported, and May was cited for disobeying a stop sign. No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle accident about a mile north of Cisne Thursday afternoon. According to county deputies, at approximately 12:45, 37-year-old Fairfield resident Dallas J. Walker was northbound on Highway 45 in a 2018 Western semi. He was followed by a 2005 Dodge Ram driven by 64-year-old Flora resident Donald Wood, and a piece of metal flew out of the semi trailer and hit the Ram. No tow truck was called, and the vehicles sustained over $1,500 damage. 17-year-old Farina resident Cody J. Blair was killed in a single-car crash Monday afternoon in Mason. Local reports indicate he was eastbound when his vehicle left the roadway, crossed a private drive, entered a ditch, and went airborne. It landed on the edge of the road and rolled several times before coming to rest in a ditch. Blair was ejected from the vehicle. Fairfield police arrested 25-year-old Mt. Erie resident Dakota J. Boatner this morning on a charge of DUI. Officers conducted a traffic stop in the 900 block of West Main Street when his vehicle crossed the center line, and Boatner tested .174 on the state breathalyzer. He was taken to the Wayne County Jail and held, pending the posting of bond. The Illinois Commerce Commission has some advice for people looking to hire movers. It says people should have the moving company go through each room of a home and provide a written estimate for their work, as well as discuss options for loss and damage protection. ICC Police Chief Ruben Ramirez says people should start a search for a moving company at least six weeks in advance. The Wayne County CEO Program will hold its annual Trade Show this Sunday from 4 to 6 at the Willow Creek Venue near Fairfield. This is the third year of the program, which aims to help students think like an entrepreneur by starting their own small businesses while in high school. The program has five students this year, all of whom will showcase their businesses at the show Sunday afternoon. The event is open to the public, and Lil' Buddies BBQ will be set up to sell food. Students and businesses to be showcased include Kate Book for Teatastic Teas, Cole Simpson for Simpson Outdoor Services, Lily Hutchcraft for Sage Journals, McKenna Poole for Yours and Mine Designs, and Ethan Thomason for Thomason Electric Motor Repair. Thomason and Simpson are seniors, while Book, Simpson, and Hutchcraft are juniors; Thomason represents Wayne City, with the rest of the program coming from FCHS. Frontier Community College will hold its annual Lineman Rodeo this Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m.; the event will be held just north of the Workforce Development Center at FCC, where the Electrical Distribution Systems poles are located. The public is invited to bring a lawnchair and enjoy the show put on by students in the EDS Program. FCC will serve free porkburgers, popcorn, and drinks, and Lineman Rodeo t-shirts will be available for purchase, with all proceeds benefiting the EDS club. Wayne City Matters will hold a Teen Night for high school and college kids on April 30th. Teens can meet at the Wayne City Christian Church at 5 p.m. to register for prizes and then go to different locations around the village to play games to earn tickets. Teens will then meet back at the church from 7 to 9 for free pizza and drinks and to enter tickets into drawings for prizes. Over $2,000 in prizes will be given away on the night. Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed the new state budget into law. The plan offers $1.8 billion in tax relief for Illinoisans, per the governor, including rebate checks, an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a week-long back-to-school tax holiday, and a suspension of the tax on groceries for one year. It also funds the hiring of more DCFS workers and Illinois State Police troopers. Republicans have panned the plan as an election year gimmick, and they say most tax relief will end following the election. The IDPH reported one new case of COVID-19 in Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, Clay, Richland, and Lawrence counties yesterday. Jefferson County added four cases, and Marion County added two. Hamilton and White counties held steady on the state website. As a state, Illinois announced 2,471 new cases and 20 additional deaths. In light of a federal court ruling, the governor says masks are no longer required on public transportation in Illinois. Though people don't have to wear a mask riding public transit or at the airport because of a state mandate, he did say local officials can still set their own rules. He says no new statewide mitigations are currently planned, but he asks residents to get their vaccination shots and take precautions as they see fit. It was another week of wet conditions, according to the latest statewide weekly crop report. On average, only about one day was suitable for fieldwork, and temperatures were below normal. Four percent of winter wheat had headed, and 45 percent of the crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition, an improvement over the previous week. Average statewide topsoil moisture was rated at one percent very short, three percent short, 40 percent adequate, and 56 percent surplus. May corn contracts hit the eight-dollar mark at the Chicago Board of Trade Monday for the first time in years. Karl Setzer with AgriVisor spoke at the close of the market. He says corn acres are starting to come into question in Illinois with the wet and cool weather to start the planting season. The last time corn hit eight dollars was in 2012. River stages as of this morning: the Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 21.02 feet, above the 17 ft. flood stage. Meanwhile, the Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a reading of 5.97 feet (flood stage is 15 ft.). The Little Wabash below Clay City is at 8.55 feet (flood stage is 18 ft.). Bonpas Creek at Browns reads 3.56 feet, and the Little Wabash at Main Street in Carmi reads 23.71 feet. The Wabash River at Mt. Carmel sits at 16.06 feet. Today's crude oil price is $95.50, down $5.75 from yesterday. The May crude oil price is $103.74, down $3.58 from yesterday morning.