There will be a Produce and Dairy Giveaway Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the White County Senior Citizen’s Center. They ask that everyone please follow the marked route to pick up their free box of produce and dairy so they can... Read More.
A 22 year old Benton man, Brendan L. Schell, was arrested by Carmi Police Tuesday night around 9:40 PM on charges of Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Cannabis in a Motor Vehicle following a... Read More.
For several years, visitors to Rend Lake have known the North Marcum Day Use Area as a Boat-in Rest Area. When the area opens on June 26, 2020, it will return to its intended purpose as a designated swimming area, while not forgetting the... Read More.
New equity-driven programs through DCEO to provide a boost for communities and businesses hit hardest during COVID-19 crisis
CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today released applications for the latest in a series of... Read More.
Accepting Applications for New Green Infrastructure Grant Opportunities and Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grant Program
SPRINGFIELD —Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director John J. Kim today announced two grant opportunities with up to $9.5 million in funding for projects... Read More.
Starting Monday, June 29th, Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Urgent Care will resume normal hours and location in the FMH Medical Arts Complex.In conjunction with the Urgent Care, the FMH Respiratory Illness Screening Clinic (RISC) Tent in Fairfield will be open 7 days a week from... Read More.
Starting Monday, July 6th, in accordance the State of Illinois’s plan to enter into Phase 4, Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s Café will re-open to the public.Anyone wishing to utilize the FMH Café once it re-opens to the public will have to go thru the screening... Read More.
MT. VERNON ILL, June 23- After much consideration, the city of Mt. Vernon announces the opening of the Aquatic Zoo on July 1st for the remainder of the summer. Several precautions will be taken, and new regulations put in place to... Read More.
Walmart in Carmi will be launching their annual Children's miracle network campaign. With Covid-19 the hospitals are struggling this year due to increased cost. Also due to high unemployment they expect to cover more families. Walmart typically raises $6,000- $9,000 at store level during... Read More.