FCHS Special Board Meeting Fairfield Community High School District #225 will hold a Special Board Meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16 at 4:00 p.m. in the FCHS District Office. The focus of the meeting will be to approve the application of a school maintenance grant for FY23. ### IECC Board Meeting The Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board will meet tonight at 6:15 pm at Wabash Valley College in Main Hall 101. Items up for discussion include Articulation Agreements with EIU, ISU, McKendree, and SIU. Also, up for approval are the 2022 Estimated Tax Levy Resolution, Marathon Property Tax Agreement, FY 2022 Audit, the Annual Financial Report, Purchase of two 2019 Wabash Trailers, and a Resolution to Invest in ISDLAF. The board will also enter into an Executive Session. ### Court Report 33-year-old Todd W. Ray entered an admission to violation of probation in Wayne County Court. Ray was originally sentenced to 18 months of probation on a class 2 felony charge of burglary. Ray has
Endangered Missing Person At the request of the Lawrenceville Police Department, the Illinois State Police have activated an Endangered Missing Person Advisory. The Lawrenceville Police Department is requesting the public's assistance in locating Floyd E. Wheeler. Wheeler is a 33-year-old white male, standing 5 foot 10 inches, weighing 150 lbs. Floyd has brown hair and hazel eyes, and was last seen wearing a ball cap, army green hoodie, jeans, and work boots. He was last seen at 1726 12th St, Lawrenceville at 2:00 pm on Friday, October 21st. Mr. Wheeler has a condition that places him in danger. Any person with information regarding the whereabouts of Floyd Wheeler should contact the Lawrenceville Police Department at 618-943-6411 or contact 911. ### Fairfield City Council Meeting The Fairfield City Council will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 25th at 6:00 pm in City Hall. Items in routine business include Ordinance Permitting Portable Cargo Container Use, Water Lin
The Cisne FFA Parliamentary Procedure team of Abigail Biggs, Emily Milner, Noah Atwood, Kevin Hyder, Avery Smith, and Isabella Cline won the Illinois FFA State Parliamentary Procedure Leadership Development Event held May 5th at Illinois Central College in Peoria. Individual honors included 1st place Illinois Chair to Kevin Hyder, Top Ten Overall Floor Member Awards 4th to Isabella Cline, 6th to Emily Milner and 10th to Noah Atwood. The Cisne FFA Conduct of Chapter Meetings team members Kaileigh Smallwood, Ella Krupp, Allie Brach, Joshua Biggs, Alex Paul, Hadley Walker and Macy Tannahill finished as the second place team in the Illinois FFA Conduct of Chapter Meetings Leadership Development Event, also held May 5th in Peoria. Biggs was recognized as the 1st place Illinois FFA Chair. Top Ten Overall Floor Member Honors inlcuded Alex Paul, 1st place, Macy Tannahill, tie for 2nd place, and Ella Krupp, 5th place. The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF2 tornado struck parts o
Illinois lawmakers have passed a new state budget. The budget includes over $1.8 billion in tax relief. Some of the provisions are temporary, such as lifting the one percent grocery tax for a year and delaying a scheduled increase in the gas tax until January. The budget also doubles the property tax rebate up to 300 dollars and sends a one-time payment of at least 50 dollars to most individuals and 100 dollars per child. The Earned Income Tax Credit which helps low income working families will be expanded and there will also be a sales tax holiday for back to school purchases in August. The Cisne FFA enjoyed a successful day of competitions Friday at the District V Livestock Judging and Horticulture Career Development Events at SIU-Carbondale. The Varsity Livestock Judging Team of Emma Hedrick, Lexi Weber, Abigail Biggs, Kori Kessell and Myles Levi finished in 13th place. Hedrick finished 2nd overall individual among the 243 students representing 50 schools. The Junior Varisty Livesto
Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard says human remains were found Monday near the intersection of Veterans Memorial Drive and Davidson Avenue, west of the Interstate-57 interchange and just southwest of the Mt. Vernon City Limits. He did not give many details but did say the person had been deceased for a considerable time before March began. The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce plans to hold its town-wide rummage sale on April 30th. The rain date will be May 7th, according to Executive Director Libby Lingafelter. She says the cost to purchase a spot on the city-wide map is $5 for location only, and the cost for location and an ad listing is $10. Ads must be typed and 30 words or less. The deadline to purchase a spot on the map is April 15th at 9 a.m. Maps will be available at the Chamber Office at 121 East Main Street and in the Wayne County Press one week before the sale date. Cisne FFA members Kevin Hyder, Emily Milner, Isabella Cline, Abigail Biggs, Noah Atwood, and Avery Smith t