Fairfield News

This year EMS week focused nationwide on how EMS is not just a job, but rather it is a true calling.

McNew said the fake bull testicles were taken sometime after Monday evening. No value was given for the loss.

A Southern Illinois man's planned fishing trip ended Tuesday afternoon when he plopped a suspected pot pipe down on the counter along with some cash to pay for fishing worms.

A puppy looks at Pete and Karen Johnson in the Pilots N Paws program. They're part of a growing corps of aviators who volunteer to support rescue flights.

Hydraulic fracturing - freeing oil and natural gas by pumping millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals into rock deep beneath the surface - has been around for decades.

Vinyl and urethane oil containment boom is manufactured at the Fairfield plant, along with a specialized heavy-duty rubber containment boom for the Navy.

The John A. Logan Board of Trustees voted to hire Dreith during their meeting Monday night.

FAIRFIELD, Ill. - BMWs, Lincolns and other cars with Louisiana, Texas and Colorado license plates fill so many parking spaces around the Wayne County Courthouse that it's tough for residents to find spots for their pickups.