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Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 81 and low of 53 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 75 and low of 53 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
Wednesday April 22
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Boys Varsity Baseball
Veterans Field , Fairfield IL , Fairfield
4:30 pm
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Girls Softball
Southwest park
4:30 pm
Thursday April 23
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Boys Tennis
Fairfield Comm H S Dist 225
Mount Vernon, IL
4:00 pm
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Center Street Track Meet
Fairfield Community High School Train Yard
Fairfield Community High School, Train Yard
4:00 pm
Saturday April 25
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JV Baseball
Red Hill High School
10:00 am
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Girls Varsity Softball
Fairfield Comm H S Dist 225
Harrisburg IL
11:00 am
Monday April 27
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Varsity Softball
Southwest Park
, Fairfield IL
4:30 pm
Tuesday April 28
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Girls Track and Field
DuQuoin HS
4:00 pm
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Varsity Softball-Senior Recognition
Southwest Park
, Fairfield, IL
4:30 pm
Wednesday April 29
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Boys Track and Field
Fairfield Comm H S Dist 225 , 800 W Main St , Carmi
4:00 pm
Thursday April 30
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Girls Track and Field-Senior Recognition
Fairfield Comm High School , 300 W King St , Fairfield
4:00 pm
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Varsity Baseball
Fairfield Comm High School , 800 W Main St , Carmi
4:30 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Albion. Apply here.
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Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Fairfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Golden Gate here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fairfield
- Sue Lambert, 78, of Robinson, IL (formerly of Wayne City) (wfiwradio.com)
Carmi
- Quick CWC School Board Meeting for April – WRUL-FM (wrul.com)
- Another Day Another Charge; Woman Lands in Trouble Twice in 15 Hours on Same Charge…Stevens Arrested Again…Carmi Pair Facing Domestic Battery Charges – WRUL-FM (wrul.com)
- Local Sports Recap – April 21, 2026 – WRUL-FM (wrul.com)
Flora
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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