Category Archives: Local News
Jury convicts 1 prison guard in inmate deaths, hung on 2nd
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Jurors on Monday convicted an Illinois Department of Corrections officer for violating the civil rights of an inmate brutally beaten at a western Illinois prison in 2018, but ...
Apr 27, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Centralia Plan and Zoning Commission approves cannabis, water, and soil testing facility for West McCord site
The Centralia Plan and Zoning Commission has approved a request from Parker Timmons to operate a research laboratory on land that fronts West McCord Street west of North James Street. Timmons told the...
Apr 27, 2022 Parker Timmons explains cannabis testing facility he plans to build on West McCord Street in Centralia.
Sandoval works with Hometown Heroes onsite for craft grow cannabis facility
The Village of Sandoval has agreed to work with Hometown Heroes for an option on village-owned land for a craft grow cannabis facility. The village board has a few 20-acre sites in mind, but right now...
Apr 27, 2022 manuel m. v. / CC
Salem Township Hospital sees shift in patient usage as COVID-19 concerns fade
Salem Township Hospital Administrator Alex Nazarian says the hospital had another strong financial month in March, but usage of the hospital is changing back to levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemi...
Apr 27, 2022
South Central High School announces Prom Court
The Prom King and Queen candidates have been announced for the South Central High School Prom that is set for Saturday in the high school gym. Prom Queen candidates are (left to right in the front row...
Apr 27, 2022 South Central Prom Court.
Marion man flown from scene of crash outside Mt. Vernon
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department reports a 51-year-old Marion man was injured in a single car crash on the Richview Road east of Casey Pike late Monday morning. The driver of the car, Danny R...
Apr 27, 2022
Salem motorcyclist seriously injured in crash involving tow truck
A 30-year-old Salem man was seriously injured when a tow truck pulled out in front of his motorcycle and the two collided on the Green Street Road at the Bell Club Road intersection southwest of Salem...
Apr 27, 2022
Corner of home struck in crash on US50 west of Salem
State Police say a 38-year-old Salem woman lost control of her car Tuesday afternoon from a previously known medical condition and eventually crashed into a corner of a home in the 1500 block of East ...
Apr 27, 2022 Home on US 50 between Salem and Odin damaged when vehicle loses control.
Land purchased for new Marion County Highway Department facility
The Marion County Highway Department is a step closer to getting a new home. The Marion County Board Tuesday night purchased a 12 acre tract of land at US 50 and South Hoots Chapel Road at a cost of $...
Apr 27, 2022 Marion County Highway Department building.
Salem man pleads guilty to predatory criminal sexual assault
A 20-year-old Salem man has entered an open guilty plea in Marion County Court to a charge of predatory criminal sexual assault. As part of the plea agreement, three related counts of child pornograph...
Apr 26, 2022
