Category Archives: Local News
Kinmundy woman gets 18 years in prison on sex charges
A 31-year-old Kinmundy woman was been sentenced to 18 years in prison for predatory criminal sexual assault and child pornography. Vickie Odem of Wilcoxen Road had entered an open plea to the charges ...
Jun 29, 2022
Election news from the rest of South Central Illinois
Carlyle residents approved a half-cent sales tax to pay for a new pool complex, 428 to 122. The new pool will cost $4.3-million and will replace the current complex built in 1955 that has numerous pro...
Jun 29, 2022
Statewide and Congressional Results: GOP's Kathy Salvi to face Senator Tammy Duckworth in November
Suburban Chicago personal injury lawyer Kathy Salvi has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Illinois. Salvi topped a field of seven candidates Tuesday to win the nod to take on first-term...
Jun 29, 2022 Kathy Salvi. Campaign photo.
Marion County Board presents $80,000 in checks to county's fire protection districts
The Marion County Board presented each of the county's eight fire protection districts with $10,000 checks during Tuesday night's meeting. The checks are coming from $60,000 in CURES money the county ...
Jun 29, 2022 Marion County Fire Protection District Chiefs pose behind Marion County Board after receiving $10,000 checks at Tuesday night's meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
New election voting equipment in Marion County gets good marks
Marion County Clerk Steve Fox says the new voting equipment used for the first time in Tuesday's election worked well. He notes the first precinct was in the courthouse by 7:30 and all but one precinc...
Jun 29, 2022 Marion County Clerk employee Jonathan Tolley feeds through all of the Iuka Township ballots one by one after an initial error resulted in a recount that delayed the final voting results on Tuesday night. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Here's how Marion County voted in the 2022 statewide primary elections
With all thirty-seven precincts reporting, the results are in for this year's general primary election in Marion County. The results for competitive statewide races are as follows. For the Republican ...
Jun 28, 2022
Incumbent Marion County Board member loses Republican Primary
An incumbent Republican Marion County Board member has lost his seat in a four-way race for the three seats open in County Board District two. Wesley Gozia finished with 632 votes. The three winning c...
Jun 28, 2022 Marion County Courthouse
Republicans chose Kevin Cripps as their candidate for Marion County Sheriff (updated 11:30 pm)
Kevin Cripps of Iuka is the winner in the hotly contested Republican primary race for sheriff. Unofficial totals show Cripps with 3,473 votes and Ryan Castleman with 2,176 votes. Cripps is thanking th...
Jun 28, 2022
Illinois Republicans pick Bailey to face Gov. Pritzker
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Republicans have chosen conservative state Sen. Darren Bailey to take on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker for governor this fall. Bailey defeated five other Republicans on Tuesday...
Jun 28, 2022
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Jun 28, 2022
