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All Senior class students attending Wayne County Illinois high schools will have the opportunity to participate in the student class trip to Washington D.C. for the first time in four years. The last time 12th graders from Cisne, Fairfield, and Wayne City High Schools were able to take this annual trip to D.C was April, 2019, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year's trip will be extended by an extra day for the first time, allowing the students to also tour Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the amazing home and property of America's third President near Charlottesville, VA. This n...

The Fairfield City Council will meet in regular session at 6pm Tuesday, September 27th at City Hall. Items on the agenda include a TIF Redevelopment Agreement with Farmer's Daughter, TIF Redevelopment Agreement with Country Roads Realty, TIF Redevelopment Agreement with Gifford Properties LLC, an amendment to the Cemetery Ordinance Concerning Lot Transfers, Street Closing Request for the Veteran's Day Parade on November 5th at 2pm, purchase of a Police Vehicle, and the Motor Fuel Tax Audit. Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peer...

The Fairfield Fall Fun Fest will be held in Downtown Fairfield from Wednesday, September 15th through Saturday, September 18th. Events open on Wednesday night with the Roasted Chestnuts on the Main Stage from 6 – 7pm, sponsored by the Wayne County Press, followed by Church Night Gospel Music organized by Lowell Beckel & NYOC at 7pm, sponsored by Johnson & Vaughn Funeral Home. On Thursday, September 16th: FNB's 5k Run/Walk registration will be held at the corner of Court & 4th Streets at 4:30pm, the race begins at 6pm. The 5k awards will be held at the corner of Court & 4...

As of today, the Illinois mask mandate for most venues has been lifted. Masks are no longer mandated by the state in bars, restaurants, and grocery stores thanks to a rapid decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the last month-plus. However, Governor J.B. Pritzker says cities, villages, and businesses are free to apply their own mitigations. Any federal mask mandates will also continue to apply, including in places like mass transit, healthcare settings, long-term care facilities, prisons, and daycares. The governor announced Friday the state's school mask mandate also ends today. The Il...