Category Archives: Local News
Crude oil leak closes streets in southern Illinois city
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A crude oil leak has closed several streets in a southern Illinois city. Officials in Edwardsville say the leak happened at the intersection of Route 143 and Route 159 outsid...
Mar 12, 2022 Grand Canyon National Park / CC
Wisconsin crime lab destroys Kyle Rittenhouse rifle
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin officials have destroyed the rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during protests in Kenosha in 2020. WISN-TV reported Friday that the state crime lab destr...
Mar 12, 2022
Minor injuries reported in two-vehicle crash at Missouri Avenue and West Main in Salem
Only minor injuries were reported in a two-vehicle crash on West Main Street at Missouri Avenue on the west side of Salem late Friday afternoon. Salem Police say an SUV driven by 72-year-old Reta Tayl...
Mar 11, 2022 Salem Firemen disconnect a battery in one of the SUVs involved in a late Friday afternoon crash at West Main and Missouri Avenue. Only minor injuries were reported. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Health Department reports another COVID-19 related death
The Marion County Health Department has announced another death of a person who was COVID-19 positive in their report for the week ending Friday. The resident was a male in his 70s who was vaccinated ...
Mar 11, 2022
The deadline to get updated driver's license and ID cards is now July 31st
Secretary of State Jesse White's office is giving the public more time to get their driver's license and ID cards renewed. No need to rush into a driver's services facility. Secretary of State Spokesp...
Mar 11, 2022
Mystery of Ina Jane Doe solved; body found in 1993 is Tennessee woman
After 29 years, the true identity of Ina Jane Doe is now known but what happened from the time she left home until her head was located near Rend Lake still remains a mystery. The Jefferson County She...
Mar 11, 2022
Centralia City Manager announces intent to resign; City Clerk Kim Enke to fill temporary Administrative Officer role
Centralia City Manager Scott Randall has announced his intent to resign as City Manager effective March 14th. Mayor Bryan Kuder says he and the city council intends to designate City Clerk Kim Enke as...
Mar 11, 2022 Centralia City Manager Scott Randall. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Friday, March 11th, 2022
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a rural Salem man on multiple charges after he allegedly ran on foot following an early Friday morning traffic stop. Deputies first tried to stop 35-year...
Mar 11, 2022
Marion County Circuit Clerk gets another $81,000 technology upgrade grant
Marion County Circuit Clerk Tiffany Schicker has been awarded another $81,000 grant to continue to improve technology for the court system. The newest grant is on top of two other $25,000 grants award...
Mar 11, 2022
Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in fake attack
CHICAGO (AP) - Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police in a racist and homophobic attack that he staged himself. Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced Smollett to 3...
Mar 11, 2022
