Wayne City's Bean Days celebration continues today with a full day of activities. Among today's activities is a Tractor Show, A Vendor and Craft Fair, the Truck and Car Cruise In and Quilt Show taking place this morning. The parade starts at 10 a.m. on Main Street, with serving of free ham and beans to follow at the Ag Building. The 30th annual TNA Bucking Bulls Rodeo, hosted by the Wayne City Saddle Club, begins at 7 p.m. Bean Days will conclude with Cowboy Church at 1 p.m. Sunday hosted by the Wayne City Saddle Club. A possible confession could be introduced Tuesday during a jury trial in Jefferson County Court for a 26-year old Mt. Vernon man charged with 20 counts of Class X felony possession of child pornography. Reports out of Mt. Vernon say 26-year-old Zachary E. Terry was arrested in May after Mt. Vernon police investigated a complaint of domestic violence. As a result of the investigation police arrested Terry for alleged aggravated domestic battery, and as police co
The annual Wayne City Bean Days celebration gets underway this weekend and runs through next Saturday, September 24th. Activities are set to take place this Thursday and Friday nights starting at 6 p.m. with a full day of activities this Saturday the 24th. Among Saturday's activities are the Tractor Show starting at 7 a.m. on the Ag Building parking lot, a Car Cruise on the West School Parking Lot from 9 a.m. til noon, and the parade through Main Street starting at 10 a.m. Serving of free ham and beans starts at 11 a.m. at the Ag Building. The Marion County Health Department reported a COVID-related death in their weekly report on the virus this past week, a long-term care female resident in her 60s who had not been vaccinated. Area media reports of COVID numbers in the past week showed Wayne County with 27 cases and two new hospitalizations, Jefferson County with 72 cases and three new hospitalizations, and Clay County with 31 cases and one new hospitalization. Wayne and Marion c
The annual Fairfield Fall Fun Fest wraps up today with the full day of activities. Among the activities scheduled today is the Lemond Chevrolet Chrysler Classic Car Show, the WADI/Headstart Kiddie Parade, a Kiddie Tractor Pull, Fairfield's Got Talent, Chuck A Duck starting at 5:30 this evening, and a performance by the Dylan Wolfe Band from 6:30 to 10 p.m. tonight on the main stage. A full list of activities can be viewed on Fairfield's Annual Fall Fun Fest Facebook page. Winners have been named in the Fall Fun Fest Prince and Princess Contest. This year's Prince is Jace Bridgeman and the Princess is Kylee Haygood. They were crowned Thursday night. Runners-up were Nash Barbre and Sophia Boldrey. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 3,733,902 cases of the coronavirus in the state as of this morning and 34,885 total deaths. Reports from around the area showed Wayne County with four new cases in the past few days, and two cases in Clay County. Ma
Fairfield's annual Fall Fun Fest will open this Wednesday evening in downtown Fairfield. Activities will include a performance by the Roasted Chestnuts beginning at 6 p.m. on the main stage. Other events through the week will include church night, the FNB 5K Run/Walk, prince and princess contest, miss Fall Fun Fest contest, and musical performances by Gruen Vocal Studios and 7 Bridges, Yoga in the Park, a fishing contest, the Lemonds Chevrolet Car Show, a bake off and kiddie parade. The event will wrap up this Saturday night with a performance by Dylan Wolfe at 6:30 p.m. The latest numbers from the Illinois Department of Public Health shows a total of 3,716,318 cases of the coronavirus in the state as of this morning, and 34,811 total deaths. Reports from the area indicated Marion County has moved bavk into the "high" COVID-19 community transmission level, with 96 new cases reported and seven new hospitaliztions in a one-week period ending this past Thursday. Wayne, Jeff
The annual Elm River Chowder is set to take place this Saturday, September 3rd. The event will be held four miles east of the Rinard crossroads, with the cost of the meal by donation only. The soup is scheduled to be dipped around 12:30, and volunteers are welcome for vegetable preparation. There will also be live music and door prizes. Also featured will be a food stand serving pulled pork sandwiches/nachos, pork burgers, hot dogs, pie by the slice or whole pies and cold drinks. Soup will also be available by the bowl at the food stand. Reports Saturday indicated Wayne County has had 58 new cases of the coronavirus in the past week and two hospitalizations. The Illinois Department of Public Health says the county is in the "medium" category for community transmission of COVID-19 for the week ending this past Thursday. Marion County was in the "high" category, as they reported 136 new cases and six hospitalizations. Jefferson County had 93 new cases and three new ho