Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Acting Police Chief critical of recognizance bonds on weapons charges
Centralia Acting Police Chief Steve Whritenour is frustrated with the court system over recognizance and low bonds in weapons cases and large drug cases. He's speaking out following a recent case wher...
May 27, 2022 Marion County Courthouse
Sandoval Grade School Honor Roll
4th Grade High Honors: Adelyn Ashley Kinsley Ashlock Kolten Calhoun Khoel Clanton Carter Groh Maddilyn Hill Waylon Hopkins Camden Kelly Braeden Lyons Kaylee McCormick Makenzie Pitts Ella Santiago Quin...
May 27, 2022
Unemployment up in Marion County in April
Unemployment in Marion County is up three-tenths of a percent in April from the prior month. The 5.3-percent rate is still a half percent lower than in April a year ago. The actual number of unemploye...
May 26, 2022 Innov8social / CC
Rockford trucker not hurt when rig brings down power lines on Edgewood Road near Tonti Road
A 61-year-old Rockford trucker was stuck inside his rig for a brief time during the noon hour after live power lines fell across the trailer when he clipped a guy wire when attempting to turn to back ...
May 26, 2022
Kell man sentenced to four years in prison after failing drug court
A 27-year-old Kell man has been sentenced to a total of four years in prison after failing to complete Marion County Drug Court. Zachary Higgins of Morton Lane had earlier pleaded guilty to being a fe...
May 26, 2022
Five people injured in Clay County crash
State Police say five people were injured during the noon hour on Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash on US 45 at Steele Avenue in Louisville. A preliminary investigation indicates a vehicle driven by 29-y...
May 26, 2022
Police Beat for Thursday, May 26th, 2022
A 38-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Wamac Police on multiple charges. Steven Cody of South Pine was taken to the Marion County Jail for alleged possession of a controlled substance, posse...
May 26, 2022
IDPH reporting more cases of severe hepatitis in children
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting more cases of severe Hepatitis in children. It looks like nine kids now have contracted Hepatitis, which causes liver inflammation. That's up from...
May 26, 2022
Bond set at $200,000 for Mt. Vernon man charged with 10 counts of child pornography
Bond was set at $200,000 in Jefferson County Court Wednesday for a 26-year-old Mt. Vernon man charged with ten counts of possession of child pornography. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Detectiv...
May 26, 2022 Jacob Higgins
Kinmundy man faces felony resisting arrest charge after officer is injured
A 19-year-old Kinmundy man has been charged in Marion County Court with felony resisting arrest and criminal trespass to land following an incident outside Lynnwood Estates on Roddy Road in Salem Tues...
May 26, 2022
