Category Archives: Local News
Shooting deaths of state trooper, wife ruled murder-suicide
CHICAGO (AP) - The shooting deaths of an off-duty Illinois State Police trooper and his wife have been ruled a murder-suicide by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. It says An autopsy released ...
Jan 26, 2022
Ex-Northwestern prof gets 53 years for killing boyfriend
CHICAGO (AP) - A judge has sentenced a former Northwestern University professor to 53 years in prison Tuesday for the 2017 stabbing death of his boyfriend. Cook County Judge Charles Burns called the k...
Jan 26, 2022 Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar / CC
Dental records being used to try and confirm man killed in Mt. Vernon fire Tuesday morning
One person died and another was flown to a burn unit in Springfield, Illinois following an early morning house fire in the 1500 block of Jones Street. Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Kevin Sargent says Coroner ...
Jan 25, 2022
Salem Police Department names officer and 911 Communications Officer of the Year
The Salem Police Department has named Patrolman Grant Green as its police officer of the year and Paul Michael Anderson as its 911 Communications Officer of the Year. Police Chief Sean Reynolds handed...
Jan 25, 2022 Photo one: Salem Patrolman Grant Green (left) is presented the Officer of the Year Award by Police Chief Sean Reynolds. Photo 2: Chief Reynolds (left) presents 911 Telecommunicator of the Year Award to Paul Michael Anderson.
Salem Community High School Superintendent provides update on impact of COVID-19
Salem Community High School Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering says COVID-19 cases continue to impact the district. He reports as of Monday, there are 35 students out. 23 are COVID positive, three are p...
Jan 25, 2022
Kaskaskia College Board reviews upcoming renovation plans
The Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees met Monday night and received a presentation from FGM Architects showing off plans for numerous renovations throughout the HB and L building. The layouts of mul...
Jan 25, 2022 File: Kaskaskia College Clock Tower and campus.
Several city council members agree to look further at grave opening rates in Elmwood Cemetery
The Centralia City Council heard a complaint Monday night from one of the cemetery committee members about the increase in grave opening fees at Elmwood Cemetery. Several council members agreed the is...
Jan 25, 2022 2021 Memorial Day Celebration in Elmwood Cemetery.
Bond set at $500,000 for CILA resident charged with stabbing employee
Bond has been set at a half-million dollars for a 34-year-old CILA resident facing attempted murder, armed violence and aggravated battery charges against an employee who he allegedly stabbed multiple...
Jan 25, 2022 Tyler Watson
Mt. Vernon has another fatal fire Tuesday morning
There's been another fatal fire in Mt. Vernon. One person was killed in the early Tuesday morning fire at a home in the 1500 block of Jones Street. Fire Chief Kevin Sargent says the home was fully eng...
Jan 25, 2022
Fayette County reporting six more COVID-19 related deaths
The Fayette County Health Department is sadly reporting six more deaths during the past week where the patients were COVID-19 positive. The deaths bring the number who have died from COVID-19 related ...
Jan 24, 2022
