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Professional artists from several Midwest states, including Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio, will converge on Fairfield for the 12h Annual Fairfield Paint Out. The
The Wayne County 4-H Fair Continues. The University of Illinois Extension has released the show results from several shows. The House Show was held on Saturday
The National Weather Service out of Paducah, Kentucky has issued a severe heat advisory for all of Southern Illinois, as well as parts of Southwest Indiana, Western Kentucky, and Southern Missouri. This heat advisory is in effect from 11 a.m. today through 8 p.m. tomorrow. Heat index values could exceed 107 degrees. Our area is already under an extended advisory lasting through Wednesday, with triple digit indices through mid-next week. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses to occur. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible, reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose-fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air-conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. We're officially in the "dog days" of summer, coming into the hottest stretch of the year. While many of us enjoy warmer weather and sunshine, it is important to remember to protect your skin from the harmful rays of the sun while you're outside. People of all skin tones are at risk for damage from the intense sun of summertime, and skin cancer is the most common form of cancer. Skin cancer is on the rise in the U.S., with more than 3-Million people being treated for basal and Squamous cell skin cancer each year. Always wear SPF30 sunscreen, wear sunglasses, wear protective clothing and a hat with a broad brim, and if possible, limit your time in the sun, especially during midday. Friends of Grayville will be hosting a Hog Roast, Jeep & Side-by-side Show today from 5pm to 8pm. The Duke Boys Band will be performing. The Grayville Senior Citizens will be selling desserts, Grayville 4H Go Getters will be selling Soda and Water, Grayville Moose Lodge Beer Tent and more. Meal will be by Donation with Tea and Lemonade provided. Events take place in downtown Grayville, bring your lawn chairs. The Wayne County Saddle Club will be hosting a Cowboy Prom for members and guests of the Wayne County Saddle Club at Willow Creek Venue this evening. There will be kids of all ages in formal attire coming out for an evening of dancing, fun, and games beginning at 6 p.m. The community is encouraged to support these young cowboys and cowgirls by coming out to watch them be introduced as they enter the dance. Check out the Wayne County Saddle Club Facebook page for more information. Edwards County Treasurer Debbie Smith is reminding taxpayers that the 2022 Mobile Home Tax due date is Friday, July 29, 2022. At this time, 56% of the taxes have been paid. The 2022 extension for mobile home taxes is $20,729.77. Any taxes not paid by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 29th will have a late fee of $25.00 added with an additional $25.00 added every month the taxes are delinquent. The Courthouse is open between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may mail your payment to the Edwards County Collector, 50 E. Main Suite 11, Albion, IL. You may also put your payment in the drop box on the northeast corner of the Courthouse, (located in front of the cell tower). Always include a phone number where you can be reached during the day on anything put in the drop box. The 2021 payable 2022 Real Estate Tax information has not been received in the Treasurer's office at this time but anticipates the real estate tax bills being mailed out late August or early September 2022. If you have any questions, please call the Treasurer's office at 445-3581. The ex-wife of an IDOT worker found dead following a traffic crash in a construction zone in Jackson County Wednesday morning has been charged in connection with her ex-husband's death. Bond has been set at $2 million for 41-year-old Alexis Stallman. According to the Jackson County State's Attorney's Office, Alexis Stallman, of Herrin, is accused of stabbing Edward Stallman. He was involved in a traffic crash around 10:50 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 127 and Ava Road in Murphysboro. When Jackson County Sheriff's deputies arrived, they found Edward Stallman unresponsive. A bystander happened upon the traffic crash and had begun CPR. Stallman was taken to St. Joseph's Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says the crash turned into a suspected murder due to Stallman's injuries. Alexis Stallman is being held in the Jackson County Jail on three counts first-degree murder and felony aggravated domestic battery. Secretary of State Jesse White's office is again extending the expiration date for Illinois Driver's Licenses and ID Cards. The current expiration deadline is July 1st, but that's now being delayed until December first. That way, Secretary of State spokesperson Henry Haupt says no one needs to rush into their local driver's license facility. He notes that more people than ever can now renew their licenses online. "In fact, the only people who would not qualify for online renewal would be very first-time driver's license or ID applications because they have nothing to renew, first-time Real ID applicants, and drivers 75 and over who are required by state law to visit a driver's license facility when they renew their license." You can also take care of other business online, like renewing your license plate sticker at ILSOS.gov. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 6,636 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 11 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 3,523,006 cases, including 34,302 deaths, in Illinois. As of Wednesday night, 1,479 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 157 patients were in the ICU and 49 patients were on ventilators. A total of 22,881,691 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of Wednesday night, 4,659,824 of those were booster doses. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 13,399 doses. Wednesday 14,708 doses were reportedly administered in Illinois. As of yesterday, the new BA.5 variant was estimated to make up more than 80 percent of new cases in Illinois and throughout the United States.
The Fairfield City Council met Tuesday night. After approval of minutes and bills, Joseph Harrelson of 809 George St. addressed the council during public session. Harrelson, who has resided on George St. for 14 years is seeking extra patrols and help from the city to address issues in his neighborhood, which he says is a drug area that needs to be cleaned up. Harrelson claims to have had his property damaged on multiple occasions, including the breaking of the windows on his house and the killing of his dogs. In routine business, the purchase of a police vehicle was pulled from the agenda due to the dealership being unable to take the order for the truck until October. The council discussed the police eligibility list stating that as of last Friday the city had four applicants, however one applicant had withdrawn. Of the three remaining, all passed the written testing and will be allowed to do the physical agility testing on Saturday. Over 20 people have now tested over the past month, but the city still lacks the eligibility list to get manpower back into the department, with officers currently working overtime, days off, and vacation days. The council has already approved an extension on the residency clause, allowing up to 45 minutes distance from the department, and the city is currently offering a lateral transfer move with a $2500 sign-on bonus. The city hopes to test again in September. Also in routine business, discussion turned to Sunrise Sanitation and their request to open the contract for rate increase. The majority of the council feel there must be give and take in the negotiation process, and to date Sunrise has shown no willingness to negotiate. The council also discussed aspects of the standing agreement with Sunrise that are not being fulfilled. Ultimately the council did not agree to Sunrise's request to raise fees at this time. During the financial report it was announced that the General Fund currently stands at $2,198,755. There was a negative cashflow for the previous month in the amount of $249,812, and payroll was $373,536. June gaming revenue brought in a total of $11,363, and sales tax for the month earned $153,630. The financial report is available on the city's Facebook page, and the city's website. There will be a Zoning Board Meeting held on July 25th. A boil order has been issued for all West Salem water customers located East of the Village Square and all customers South of the Village Square. The previous boil order issued for water customers on E. North St from N. Main St to Union St and on Union St from E. North St to School St. is also still in effect as well. On 07/08/2022, at approximately 3:55PM, officers arrested Kayti M. Carter, 27 of Fairfield on a Wayne County failure to appear warrant for retail theft. Carter was located walking near the intersection of West Delaware and Williamson Drive. Carter was lodged in the Wayne County Jail pending posting of bond. Crimestoppers met and is paying out $100 on a tip that was given on an Alec Draper warrant. Crimestoppers is also paying out on a tip, $100 on a warrant of Seth Bradford. The Wayne County 4-H Horse Show was held at the Wayne County Saddle Club on Saturday, July 9. Trophy winners selected were Ryleigh Taylor for High Point Senior – Overall, and Ashtyn Smith for High Point Junior – Overall. Showmanship winners were Ryleigh Taylor for Senior Showmanship, Quay Johnson earned Junior Showmanship, and Ashtyn Smith was the Junior Showmanship- Alternate. Wayne County 4-H members exhibited their projects at the 4-H General Projects Show on Monday, July 11, at the 4-H Arena on the Wayne County Fairgrounds. 39 4-Hers had projects selected to advance to the Illinois State Fair in August: Drew Shreve Animal Science- Poultry Clayton Fearn Tractor A Animal Science- Poultry- Alternate Bristol Harvey Civic Engagement Family Heritage Floriculture C Interior Design- Beginning Leadership 1 Photography 1 Visual Arts: Paper Visual Arts: Quilting Floriculture A- Alternate Visual Arts: Leather- Alternate Visual Arts: Clay- Alternate Visual Arts: Heritage Arts- Alternate Visual Arts: Nature- Alternate Tyler Koker Communications: Creative Writing Visual Arts: Computer Generated Harv Keyser Crops: Soybeans Casey Opell Crops: Small Grains Tractor D Brody Hutchcraft Entomology- Beekeeping 1 Welding Forests of Fun 1- Alternate Wildlife 1- Alternate Lily Simpson Floriculture A Fruit Plate Visual Arts: Clay Macie Edwards Floriculture A Ashtyn Smith Forests of Fun 3 Kohen Kinsolving Vegetable Display Jacob Thomason Vegetable Display Sarah Ruhl Vegetable Plate- Alternate Visual Arts: Chalk/Carbon/Pigment- Alternate Mason Lane Vegetable Plate- Alternate Avery Barnard Passport to the World Visual Arts: Heritage Arts Visual Arts: Nature Visual Arts: Paper- Alternate Maggie Koontz Interior Design- Intermediate Passport to the World- Alternate Kendall Barnfield Natural Resources 1 Kacie Kinsolving Natural Resources 1- Alternate Braxton Kirk Sportfishing 1 Addisyn Hutchcraft Photography 2 Harper Buchanan Photography 1 Visual Arts: Food Decorating: Beginning- Alternate Alex Bond Photography 1- Alternate Emilee Barnard Photography 1- Alternate Jakeb Paul Shooting Sports: Shotgun Display Alex Paul Shooting Sports: Shotgun Display Small Engines Ava Lewis Vet Science Hannah Fickas Visual Arts: Food Decorating- Beginning Ellanie Vanway Visual Arts: Food Decorating: Beginning Hadley Howard Visual Arts: Leather Wren Braddock Visual Arts: Metal Nathan Barnard Visual Arts: Metal- Alternate Welding- Alternate Grace Milligan Visual Arts: Chalk/Carbon/Pigment Katelyn Squire Visual Arts: Chalk/Carbon/Pigment Ethan Thomason Welding Ty Mix Welding- Alternate Bella Hodges Woodworking 1 Logan Hodges Woodworking 2 Warren Toombs Woodworking1- Alternate Quay Johnson Woodworking 2- Alternate The Wayne County 4-H Beef Show was held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, July 12. Callen Robbins exhibited the Grand Champion Steer and Logan Schuster exhibited the Reserve Champion Steer. In the Angus classes, Camden Robbins exhibited the Champion Female and Jensyn Robbins exhibited the Reserve Champion Female. In the Other Breeds classes, Isaac Atwood exhibited the Champion Female and Colt Henson exhibited the Reserve Champion Female. The Champion Female over all breeds was exhibited by Camden Robbins with Jensyn Robbins exhibiting the Reserve Champion Female over all breeds. The Bucket Calf champion was exhibited by Kiersten Vaughan. Emilee Schuster won the Rate of Gain contest. Selected as Senior Showman was Colt Henson with Allie McKinney, Alternate. Isaac Atwood won Junior Showman and Emilee Schuster, Alternate. Additionally, The Wayne County 4-H Dog Obedience Show was held recently at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. The winner of the Dog Obedience show was Jacey Smith. Macie Edwards was the Jr. Showmanship winner and Hunter Kirk was the Sr. Showmanship winner. The 2022 New Wayne County Agricultural Fair continues through Saturday, July 16th at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. Today at8 a.m. is the Swine Show, followed by the Jr. Swine Show at 10 a.m.. Cloverbud Activities will take place at 1 p.m. with the 4-H and Jr. Rabbit Show scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. At 7 p.m. is the ain Event of the Night, Team Pig Penning sponsored by Citizens National Bank. Thursday night's Main Event is the Rodeo, sponsored by FNB Community Bank. Maps are now available at the Wayne Edwards County FSA Office for acreage reporting purposes. If you wish to receive your maps, please call our office at 842-7602. Acreage reporting deadlines for all row crops and CRP in Wayne and Edwards County is July 15. Failed crops must notify office prior to destruction of crops. In order to maintain program eligibility and benefits, you must file timely acreage reports. Failure to file an acreage report by the crop acreage reporting deadline may cause ineligibility for future program benefits. FSA will not accept acreage reports provided more than a year after the acreage reporting deadline. Producers are encouraged to file their acreage reports as soon as planting is completed. River stages as of this morning: the Litt
(OLNEY/NEWTON) Two regional county fairs get started this weekend : FAYETTE COUNTY FAIR IN BROWNSTOWN - GRANDSTAND EVENTS * Friday (tonight) : Truck &...
On June 19 at 5:08 a.m., Fairfield Fire Department firefighters were alerted to a structure fire at 407 NW 5th Street in Fairfield. The first arriving unit arrived three minutes after dispatch observing fire coming from a bedroom on the NE corner of the residence. Fire was quickly knocked down and overhaul was performed. The residence did not have utilities hooked up at the time of the fire with the structure sustaining fire, heat and smoke damage. The fire is under investigation by the Illinois State Fire Marshals Office. Firefighters cleared the scene at 7:42 a.. FFD was assisted by Fairfield Rural with automatic aid, Wayne County EMS, Wayne White Electric, Fairfield PD and Wayne County 911. There were no injuries reported at the scene. On June 20, at 1:39 a.m., Fairfield Fire Department firefighters responded to a reported structure fire behind Rent One. Upon arrival three minutes later, a structure located along the alley was fully engulfed in fire. Multiple handlines were utilized to bring the fire under control at 1:57 a.m. This structure did not have any utilities hooked up at the time of the fire. The structure is a total loss. The fire is under investigation by the Illinois State Fire Marshals Office. Firefighters cleared the scene at around 5 a.m. The FFD was assisted by Fairfield Rural with automatic aid, Wayne County EMS, Wayne White Electric, Fairfield PD, Wayne County SO, and Wayne County 911. There were no reported injuries at the scene. 23-year-old Jesse Lily of Salem was arrested Sunday by Salem police after he was allegedly caught trying to break into a home on Allmon Street. According to police, around 8:11 pm Sunday, a woman called to report someone was in her backyard and trying to break into her home. Officers arrived and took Jesse Lily into custody. Lily was charged with attempted residential burglary and criminal damage to property. The Wayne County Saddle Club will be hosting a youth horse show as part of its youth series on Saturday, June 25th. Must be a member to ride but can purchase a membership the day of the show. Local riders will compete in both performance and speed classes. The show starts at 10 a.m. The cook shack will have concessions available. Come out and watch or just come grab some food and support the kids of the Wayne County Saddle Club. Follow the Wayne County Saddle Club facebook page for more information. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,722 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois on Monday and 10,179 cases since Friday. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 3,393,519 cases, including 34,005 deaths, in Illinois. As of Monday night, 1,137 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 137 patients were in the ICU and 45 patients were on ventilators. A total of 22,571,341 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of Monday night, 4,585,490 of those have been booster doses. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 8,779 doses. Since Friday 27,626 doses were reportedly administered in Illinois. The weekly crop report tells us that farmers are just about finished with soybean planting and wheat harvest is underway. There were 5.9 days suitable for field work during the week ending June 19. Statewide, the average temperature was 78.8 degrees, 5.9 degrees above normal. Precipitation averaged 0.50 inch, 0.51 of an inch below normal. Topsoil moisture supply was rated 2% very short, 29% short, 68% adequate, and 1% surplus. Subsoil moisture supply was rated 2% very short, 19% short, 78% adequate, and 1% surplus. Corn condition was rated 1% very poor, 3% poor, 25% fair, 57% good, and 14% excellent. Soybeans planted reached 98%, compared to the 5-year average of 93%. Soybeans emerged reached 93%, compared to the 5-year average of 85%. Soybean condition was rated 1% very poor, 5% poor, 28% fair, 57% good, 9% excellent. Winter wheat harvested for grain was 18%, compared to the 5-year average of 29%. Winter wheat condition was rated 3% very poor, 8% poor, 20% fair, 54% good, and 15% excellent. River stages as of this morning: the Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 17.13 feet, above the 17 ft. flood stage. Meanwhile, the Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a reading of 5.03 feet (flood stage is 15 ft.). The Little Wabash below Clay City is at 16.21 feet (flood stage is 18 ft.). Bonpas Creek at Browns reads 1.35 feet, and the Little Wabash at Main Street in Carmi reads 9.49 feet. The Wabash River at Mt. Carmel sits at 6.77 feet. Today's crude oil price is $103.65, up $1.09 from yesterday. The July crude oil price is $110.58, down $1.33 from yesterday morning.
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