Category Archives: Local News
State Police DCI investigating fatal police shooting in Collinsville
State Police Department of Criminal Investigation have been asked by Collinsville Police to investigate a fatal shooting by an officer in the department. State Police say Collinsville Police were call...
Mar 04, 2022 Tom Britt / CC
Centralia Police arrest two for stealing $1,800 in items from patio
Centralia Police arrested two persons Thursday night wanted in connection with the theft of $1,800 in items from a patio on Tuesday. 44-year-old Joshua Keebler of North Wall in Wamac and 37-year-old P...
Mar 04, 2022
State house passes bill to let parents decide when a child is old enough to stay home alone
Legislation passed by the House this week leaves it up to parents to decide when a child is old enough to stay home alone. Many parents may not even know state law sets a specific age at which a kid c...
Mar 04, 2022 Nithi Anand / CC
Patoka High School tops in state for excellence in helping students through financial aid process
Governor JB Pritzker is honoring Patoka High School as one of four high schools in the state for getting 100-percent of the financial aid applications completed for members of the Class of 2021. The d...
Mar 04, 2022
Washington Illinois man gets two years in prison for damaging cell door at Centralia PD
A 21-year-old Washington, Illinois man has pleaded guilty to two of seven charges pending against him in connection with a domestic disturbance that later became an altercation with Centralia Police. ...
Mar 04, 2022
Centralia man gets eight year prison term for theft of money from Charter Spectrum office
A 32-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to felony theft from Charter Spectrum. Travis Wooters of Clinmar Street admitted to...
Mar 04, 2022
Illinois Supreme Court won't order sentence in sex assault
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has declined to order a western Illinois judge to impose a sentence in a sexual assault case after he threw out the conviction at the sentencing hearing....
Mar 04, 2022
Airport 'serial stowaway' pleads guilty, gets 3-plus years
CHICAGO (AP) - A 70-year-old woman with a history of slipping past security at airports around the U.S. and sneaking onto flights has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for trespassing ...
Mar 04, 2022
Inmates leaving gangs, stripping tats for jobs, better lives
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A novel gang-cessation and jobs program at a Chicago-area jail is giving inmates a chance to escape their gang lives. They're also able to take advantage of a greater willingness ...
Mar 04, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
2 Chicago officers wounded in shooting, suspect caught
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say two Chicago police officers have been wounded in a shooting on the city's west side and the suspected gunman was captured nearby. Police say the officers were shot early...
Mar 04, 2022 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
