Category Archives: Local News
Crash brings down power lines on Myers Road in rural Centralia
A 20-year-old Walnut Hill woman ran off the 1000 block of Myers Road in rural Centralia Friday morning and struck a power pole and downing power lines. Megan Bateman was ticketed by Marion County Sher...
Feb 26, 2022
Police Beat for Saturday, February 26th, 2022
A 20-year-old Eldon, Missouri man was released after posting $250 bond on an outstanding Marion County failure to appear traffic warrant. Brian Velazquez was arrested by sheriff's deputies. A 32-year-...
Feb 26, 2022
Illinois getting 760-million in national opioid settlement agreement
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is announcing final approval of the national 26-billion dollar opioid settlement agreement. Illinois' share is 760-million dollars, with the money going out to st...
Feb 26, 2022 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Fairview Heights man sentenced in bank fraud scheme
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - A southwestern Illinois man who led a sophisticated and "large-scale" bank fraud scheme has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison. The (Carbondale) Sout...
Feb 26, 2022
Officials apologize to innocent teen charged in shooting
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - The mayor and the interim police chief of a Chicago suburb have apologized to a teenager who was wrongly charged in the shooting of a store clerk even though he was playing in a ...
Feb 26, 2022
Governor lifts state's school mask mandate
Governor JB Pritzker announced early Friday evening the state's school mask mandate would end Monday. The Governor says the change is the result of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Feb 25, 2022
Marion County Health Department announces four more deaths of COVID-19 positive residents
The Marion County Health Department has announced the death of four more COVID-19 positive residents. They include two females in their 70s, one who was vaccinated and one who was not, a female in her...
Feb 25, 2022
Franklin Park 7th grade blood drive soars over its goal despite the weather
The Franklin Park Middle School Seventh Grade Blood Drive on Wednesday collected 93 units of blood. That's well over the goal of 77 and the third-highest amount of blood collected in the 19-year histo...
Feb 25, 2022
Police Beat for Friday, February 25th, 2022
A 36-year-old Salem man has been arrested on two counts of violation of the sex offender registry. Jason Belman of Salem Mobile Home Park was picked up by Salem Police after they learned of his locati...
Feb 25, 2022
Salem High School All Class Reunion set for this Spring
The Salem High School All Class Reunion will happen this spring. The All Class Reunion Committee has announced the event that had to be canceled last year due to COVID has been rescheduled for the wee...
Feb 25, 2022
