The inaugural Renew Fairfield event is scheduled to be held this Saturday. The day will include electronics recycling at the Fairgrounds from 8 to noon and paper shredding at FNB from 9 to noon, and the Street & Bridge Department will accept items from 8 to noon in a consolidated clean-up effort. The day was initially intended to include the painting of a few homes, but that has been pushed back to later in 2022, per Wayne County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Libby Lingafelter. The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at noon for Dr. Shawn Bladel and Recreated Health. The event will be held at 215 Southeast Third Street, Suite 200, in Fairfield, at the old People's National Bank Building. The public is welcome to attend and welcome Dr. Bladel and his family to the community. In other Chamber business, The annual Chamber Golf Scramble is scheduled for May 27th. Lunch by The Green Pig will begin at noon, and tee time will be 1:00. 14 teams will be able to participate, and slots will fill quickly. The cost for a four-person team is $200. People can secure a team by calling the Chamber at 842-6116 or by emailing chamber@fairfieldilcitygov.us. 55-year-old Bluford resident Roger Smith was injured in a single-vehicle accident near Goreville Monday morning. According to Illinois State Police, at approximately 10:45, Smith was southbound on Illinois Route 37 in a semi when he left the road and struck a ditch embankment. He was flown to a regional hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was cited for improper lane usage. A state appellate court last week said it would not block enforcement of Governor J.B. Pritzker's mandate for certain categories of public employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular testing. The 2-1 ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeals upheld a Sangamon County decision not to issue a temporary restraining order on the policy. The IDPH reported one new case of COVID-19 in Wayne and Wabash counties since Friday afternoon. Marion and Jefferson counties added two cases, and Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Edwards, Hamilton, and White counties held steady on the state website. As a state, Illinois announced 5,755 new cases and seven additional deaths. River stages as of early this morning: the Little Wabash east of Fairfield stands at 22.34 feet, above the 17 ft. flood stage. Meanwhile, the Skillet Fork at Wayne City has a reading of 6.13 feet (flood stage is 15 ft.). The Little Wabash below Clay City is at 9.40 feet (flood stage is 18 ft.). Bonpas Creek at Browns reads 4.96 feet, and the Little Wabash at Main Street in Carmi reads 24.98 feet. The Wabash River at Mt. Carmel sits at 17.02 feet. Today's crude oil price is $101.25, up $1.25 from yesterday. The May crude oil price is $107.32, up $0.85 from yesterday morning. The guest today on the Community Connection will be Libby Lingafelter, Executive Director of the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce. Community Connection airs at 7:30 on AM 1390 and 103.3 FM. "Morning Coffee" will feature Mark Turner and Drew Pountain. "Morning Coffee" is between 8-9 a.m. on 104.9 weekdays. To listen to a podcast of Morning Coffee and Community Connection, click on "About Us" on the top right of wfiwradio.com. Then, from the dropdown, make your choice of program.