Category Archives: Local News

The Deputy Director of External Affairs from the Office of Governor JB Pritzker has visited Centralia to tour the existing 100-year-old water treatment plant and the site of the proposed replacement p...

A 43-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been transported to the Marion County Jail on an outstanding Marion County warrant for failure to appear on a felony theft conviction. Larry Sharp of South 15th Street...

Salem Township Hospital President Alex Nazarian says they are seeking the light at the end of the tunnel on completion of the $217,000 emergency room entrance renovation project. He updated the hospit...

You can expect to see more law enforcement out on the roads this holiday weekend. Illinois Department of Transportation spokesperson Paul Wapple says police will be cracking down on drunk drivers, dis...

The Centralia American Legion Annual 4th of July Homecoming in Fairview Park will open Friday night and continue through Monday evening. The event starts at six each night and closes at ten pm. The ca...

KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after three men were found dead in a northern Illinois house. Kankakee Police Chief Robin Passwater says at approximately 2 p.m., police responded t...

CHICAGO (AP) - Jonathan Annicks was 18 when a gunman shot him outside his Chicago home, leaving him paralyzed and in a wheelchair. His shooter was never caught. The Associated Press first reported on ...

Fourth District Circuit Court Judge Michael McHaney of Salem has won the Republican primary to become a Justice on the Appellate Court at Mt. Vernon. While a final vote tally wast yet available, appoi...

Unemployment in Marion County increased two-tenths of a percent in May from April. The 5.5-percent rate is the same as in May of last year. Statistics from the State Department of Employment Security ...

Salem Police arrested 39-year-old Michael Talley of Rubel Lane in Salem for violation of the sex offender registration. Police report Talley was not living at the address he had provided to the police...