Headlines for Thursday, December 1, 2016
The City of Fairfield has taken delivery of a new fire truck. The truck was purchased from Mid America Fire and Safety in Evansville, Indiana at a cost of $383,389. The truck is being purchased...
View ArticleLillian Fatheree – Flora
Lillian Fatheree, age 89, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Friday, November 25, 2016, in Lewisville, Texas. She is survived by her daughter, Donetta Powell; grandchild, Lacey Buford; great grandchild,...
View ArticleHeadlines for Friday, December 2, 2016
Former Wayne County Jail Correctional Officer Cynthia Steiner has filed a federal lawsuit against Sheriff Mike Everett and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department. Steiner alleges sexual discrimination,...
View ArticleJerry R. Lane, Bluford
Jerry R. Lane, 78, of Bluford, passed away at 5:26 A.M., Thursday, December 1, at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri. Funeral services for Jerry Lane will be held at 1:00 P.M. Sunday,...
View ArticleHeadlines Saturday December 3, 2016
http://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/420/2016/12/03101301/REC0025_715-news-12-3.mp3 “A Storybook Christmas” is the theme of tonight’s Fairfield Kiwanis Club-sponsored Christmas...
View ArticleHeadlines for Sunday, December 4, 2016
http://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/420/2016/12/04105125/715-12416-NEWS.mp3 A great crowd attended the 2016 Fairfield Kiwanis Club-sponsored Christmas parade last night. The...
View ArticleToby Augustus Ray, Mt. Erie
Three-month old Toby Augustus Ray, of Mt Erie passed away at 11:08 a.m. Friday at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. He was born in Olney on September 8, 2016 to Derek and Amber (Tullis) Ray of Mt Erie....
View ArticleChuck Bell – Fairfield
Chuck Bell, 70 of Fairfield, died at 1:50 AM, Sunday, December 4, 2016 at his home. He was a veteran of the US Army and had worked at CIG Gas Company in Elkhart, Kansas. His survivors include his...
View ArticleHeadlines for Monday, December 5, 2016
http://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/420/2016/12/05112357/REC0025_715-1205.mp3 Bitterly cold weather is forecast across the region later this week. A Canadian high pressure...
View ArticleElsie Canull – Lawrenceville, Ill.
96-year-old former Fairfield resident, Elsie Canull of Lawrenceville died at 11:10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Aperion Care Center in Bridgeport. She was a homemaker. Survivors include a son, Arthur...
View ArticleGary Wayne Davidson – West Salem
Gary Wayne “Animal” Davidson, 53, of West Salem died on Tuesday, November 30, 2016 at his residence. Gary had worked in the oil fields, and was a factory worker at Champion Labs for over 25 years. He...
View ArticleHeadlines for Tuesday, December 6, 2016
http://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/420/2016/12/06112832/REC0025_715-1206.mp3 42-year-old Mark S. Keller of Carmi has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for breaking into...
View ArticleJerry E. Overbee – Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Jerry E. Overbee, 75, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois passed away at 6:52 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2016 at SSM Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. Arrangements for Jerry E. Overbee are pending at Gholson...
View ArticleHeadlines for Wednesday, December 7, 2016
http://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/420/2016/12/07113552/REC0025_715-1207.mp3 BIG SALES BLITZ TODAY ! Some of the best radio advertising deals of the year can be found today...
View ArticleBetty Lou Buckner – McLeansboro
Betty Lou Buckner, 59, a resident of McLeansboro, Illinois passed away at 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, December 6, 2016 and the Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. Funeral arrangements for Betty Lou...
View ArticleNorman Joseph Kirsch – McLeansboro
88-year-old McLeansboro resident, Norman Joseph Kirsch died at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 at McLeansboro Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. He had been a railroad car builder, oilfield worker, truck...
View ArticleJune A. Potter – Grayville
June A. Potter, 86, of Grayville, Illinois, died Tuesday, December 6, at Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. June was a homemaker and active member of the Grayville United Methodist Church....
View ArticleHeadlines for Thursday, December 8, 2016
http://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/420/2016/12/08113153/REC0025_715-1208.mp3 A Sailor Springs man arrested last Sunday by Fairfield City Police for aggravated domestic...
View ArticleFerris Veree Crackel – Albion
Ferris Veree Crackel, 97, of Albion died on Wednesday, December 7 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two daughters: Sue (Kenny) Grove of...
View ArticleBillie Ray Hodges – Macedonia, Ill.
Billie Ray Hodges, 73, formerly of Macedonia died on Monday, December 5 at his home in Gillette, Wyoming. Funeral arrangements for Billie Ray Hodges are pending at the Gholson Funeral Home in...
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