Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Sunday, June 12th, 2022
Salem Police arrested 26-year-old Caitlyn Hopkins of East Bennett Street in Salem for alleged domestic battery. She allegedly struck another person in the right cheek. Hopkins was taken to the Marion ...
Jun 12, 2022
3rd Illinois monkeypox case identified in DuPage County
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Public health officials have identified a third case of monkeypox a week after the first two cases appeared in Illinois. WLS-TV reports that a man in DuPage County tested positive...
Jun 12, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
New state law to make it easier for men to get prostate cancer screenings
A new state law will make it easier for men in Illinois to get prostate cancer screenings. Governor JB Pritzker says starting in January of 2024, health insurers will have to cover prostate screenings...
Jun 12, 2022
Judge tosses corruption case against Chicago-area contractor
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a public corruption case against a construction contractor even before the end of trial testimony. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly on Friday dismissed...
Jun 12, 2022
South Central Illinois counties all back to low community levels of COVID-19
Marion County and South Central Illinois remain at the low community level for COVID-19 cases for the past week. 50 new cases were reported in Marion County with one new hospitalization. The number of...
Jun 11, 2022
Governor signs law to increase access to mental health care
Governor JB Pritzker is signing a new law to increase access to mental health care in Illinois. The idea is to make care more readily available by strengthening the state's mental health workforce. Th...
Jun 11, 2022
Police Beat for Saturday, June 11th, 2022
A 41-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for aggravated domestic battery, domestic battery, and unlawful restraint. Todd Gormann of East Calumet was taken to the Marion County...
Jun 11, 2022
Governors forming task force to address mass shootings
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The National Governors Association says it's forming a working group of governors to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre. R...
Jun 11, 2022 Tony Webster / CC
EPA to give $60M to 12 states to help curb water pollution
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The federal government says it will distribute $60 million among 12 states that have waterways that flow into the Mississippi River to help them control farm runoff and other p...
Jun 11, 2022 Christine Warner / CC
Orphan Smokehouse destroyed by fire (more photos added at 7 pm Friday)
Two-thirds of the Orphan Smokehouse at 1829 South Pine on the south side of Centralia is on the ground following a fire discovered by a passerby just before midnight Thursday night. Centralia Fire Cap...
Jun 10, 2022 Firefighters fight fire early Friday morning at the Orphan Smokehouse on South Pine in Centralia. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
