The North Wayne School Board convened for their May session at Cisne Middle School on Wednesday evening. During the meeting, the board approved the consent
The Edwards County Courthouse was cleared and evacuated yesterday morning for about three hours after a report of a suspicious package left near a courthouse door. The Secretary of State Bomb Squad was called to x-ray the unmarked, hand-sealed package, and their inspection found no suspicious items. Courthouse offices were cleared to open near noon, but court cases scheduled for yesterday were continued. 26-year-old Brodey I. Murbarger appeared in Wayne County Circuit Court yesterday morning. His attorney, Christian J. Baril, asked to continue the motion hearing on a change of location for the trial, which had been the purpose for the meeting. Hearing no objection from Assistant Attorney General Myra Yelle-Clark or State's Attorney Kevin Kakac, Judge Michael Molt continued the hearing to July 12th at 10 a.m. Baril said the defense was in the process of gathering evidence in support of its motion for a change of venue, but it was having technical difficulties converting it to the p
Wayne County Clerk Liz Ann Woodrow says there will be six contested races in the upcoming June primary election, all on the Republican side. She held a lottery yesterday morning to determine their placement on the ballot; in order, Crystal Ellis and Yvette Anderson have filed for Treasurer; Andy Glover and Randy Hedrick for District 2 on the County Board; Roy Estheimer, Eddie Barbre, and Brandon Bittles for District 3; Joshua Isle, Matt Shreve, and Jeremy Witter for District 5; Bill Bruce and Vern Hutson for District 6; and Gene Kollak, Steven Troyer, and Shane Neuman in District 7. Estheimer, Hutson, Kollak, and Neuman are incumbents. The primary election this year will be June 28th. Residents will be able to seek vote-by-mail ballots between March 30th and June 23rd, and in-person early voting will begin May 19th. The Fairfield Community of Christ Church will host a Blood Drive with the American Red Cross today from 11:30 to 5:30. People can make an appointment online at redcrossbloo
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,114 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 24 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1, 454, 208 cases, including 23, 575 deaths. As of mid-last week 1,608, individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital. Of those, 324 were in the ICU and 152 patients were on ventilators. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from Aug 5th – 11th is 5%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from Aug 5th – 11th is 5.8%. A total of 13,463,308 vaccines have been administered as of Wednesday. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 27,611 doses. Wayne County reports that from 8-9-2021 through 8-12-2021 there were 50-New Cases of Covid reported, bringing the Wayne Co total to 2058-Overall cases to date. There are currently 135 residents Isolating, with 1-Covid-19 related death reported; bringing the total over