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Another person charged with murder outside Central City pleads guilty to reduced charge
A 54-year-old Central City man has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting and burning death of Clender Edmond of the Metro-East in December of last ...
Oct 29, 2020
COVID-19 activity increases activity at Salem Township Hospital
Salem Township Hospital President Kendra Taylor says the uptick in COVID-19 cases is having an impact on operations at the hospital. She reviewed the situation at Wednesday’s monthly hospital bo...
Oct 29, 2020
IHSA Says Play Ball, Governor Responds "Not So Fast"
Despite the Illinois Department of Public Health's decision to rate basketball a high-risk activity, the IHSA has decided the state's high schools will have a basketball season. The IHSA made the deci...
Oct 29, 2020
Franklin Park Holds Fall Sports Night To Celebrate Successful Seasons
Franklin Park celebrated a tremendously successful Fall Sports season with their Awards Night held yesterday without parents at Franklin Park School. The undefeated state baseball champion Bobcats bas...
Oct 29, 2020
Kyle Busch wins rain-delayed NASCAR playoff race in Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Kyle Busch won for the first time in 2020 to extend a 16-season streak when he won the NASCAR playoff race at Texas. The race finished Wednesday, three days after it started. ...
Oct 29, 2020
Marion County records five new COVID-19 deaths; outbreak continues at Odin Health Care Center
The Marion County Health Department is reporting five additional COVID-19 related deaths. They include two males in their 70s, a male in his 80s, and two females in their 80s. Three of the deaths occu...
Oct 28, 2020
Republicans question indoor dining and bar restrictions
Illinois House Republicans fear the latest restrictions on indoor dining and bar services in a large part of the state including Southern Illinois and the Metro East Regions will leave businesses in r...
Oct 28, 2020
Illinois State Police visiting businesses violating COVID-19 safety restrictions
The Illinois State Police is visiting businesses violating COVID-19 safety restrictions. Troopers first give out verbal and then written warnings to violators, but Illinois State Police Director Brend...
Oct 28, 2020
Governor turns to school districts to block basketball, after IHSA gives their okay to starting the season
Despite new rules from the state, the Illinois High School Association has decided to go ahead with the basketball season as originally scheduled. That will leave the final decision of participation u...
Oct 28, 2020
Wamac Mayor steps forward to save Centralia Children's Halloween Parade
The Mayor of Wamac says the Centralia Children’s Halloween Parade will go on after all. Butch Mathis made the announcement about five hours after the Centralia Moose Lodge had canceled the parad...
Oct 28, 2020
