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Salem Police have arrested a 38-year-old Faulkville, Alabama man on a no bond Alabama warrant for failure to appear on a burglary case. Police came into contact what Joshua Riddle after he was asked t...

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after her husband, also a Chicago officer was fatally shot this week during a struggle in their home. Thirty-nine...

Proposed Tax Changes in Congress If passed, the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act would alter some federal tax rates. Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   Investors are watching the Bui...

The Marion County Highway Department has closed the Lost Creek Bridge on Range Road between Meridian and Pope Roads. Marion County Highway Engineer Mike McCormick said the closure was ordered by the I...

A 20-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty to three of seven felony charges pending against him in connection with the shooting of two men at an apartment building on West McCord Street in Central...

Sign up for the BCMW-WJBD Adopt-a-Family Christmas program concludes today (Friday). The program is aimed at disadvantaged families in Marion County where various organizations, individuals, businesse...

Daylight savings time ends this weekend and the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office says it's a good time to check your smoke alarms. The reminder applies to both smoke alarms and carbon monoxide det...

A 34-year-old Salem man free on bond on three felony charges and a suspect in multiple burglaries is back in the Marion County Jail on new attempted burglary, possession of a stolen vehicle, and posse...

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Witnesses at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial say the first man shot on the streets of Kenosha was "hyperaggressive," threatened to kill Rittenhouse and another man who were patrol...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A woman has been charged with child endangerment in the August fire deaths of her five young children, who she allegedly left in a southwest Illinois apartment without adul...