Category Archives: Local News

Salem Police arrested a 70-year-old Centralia man for felony retail theft, criminal trespass to a residence and on a no bond Clinton County felony warrant on pending felony retail theft and criminal t...

Members of the Illinois House say Department of Children and Family Services workers need to be better protected. A few legislators stood up during the first day of the Spring Session Wednesday evenin...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A man is facing charges after an Illinois child welfare worker was stabbed to death during a home visit in a town south of Springfield. The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office sa...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will be working remotely through the weekend after he had close contact with a state employee who tested positive for COVID-19. The governor's office said We...

SOUTH ROXANA, Ill. (AP) - A Metro-East police chief says he's asked state police to investigate an overnight incident in which an officer shot and wounded a man following a disturbance. South Roxana P...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Three teenage boys face attempted murder and other charges in a shooting outside a northern Illinois high school that wounded two students. The Winnebago County State's Attorney ...

A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that parents shared more meals and spent more quality time together with their children at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic than they had in pre...

The City of Salem annual building permit reports little commercial activity, but a robust year for residential additions and the addition of garage and storage buildings. Permits were also issued for ...

Kaskaskia College will hold a Special Saturday Enrollment Day at the main campus and all Education Centers this Saturday, January 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The special enrollment day is for all ne...

A 37-year-old St. Louis man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to a felony drug charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping a criminal sexual abuse charge. Donnate Bass was sentenced to two yea...