Category Archives: Local News
Drew Peterson to ask judge to toss out murder conviction
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew Peterson is getting another chance to argue that his murder conviction in the death of his third wife should be thrown out. A Will County judge ...
Jan 02, 2022
Next week's Illinois legislative session scaled back due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
The Illinois legislature is scaling back its January session dates due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. The house and senate were both scheduled to be in for three days next week but will now only me...
Jan 02, 2022
2021 slightly dryer than 2020
The Salem Water Plant has released the 2021 Weather Statistics. Salem recorded 47.65 inches of precipitation during the year, down from 50.43 inches in 2020. However, snowfall was up considerably. 19....
Jan 01, 2022 jetsandzeppelins / CC
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies make arrest in residential burglary case
An observant neighbor reporting a suspicious vehicle led to the arrest of a 23-year-old Salem man on residential burglary and other charges. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reported the vehicle...
Jan 01, 2022 Tristan Rankin
Vehicle recovered that was stolen from Daggs Auction Service burglary
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a vehicle stolen during a burglary about two weeks ago at Daggs Auction Service on the Route 161 Extension near Johnsonville in Wayne County has been rec...
Jan 01, 2022
Police Beat for Saturday, January 1st, 2022
A 46-year-old Salem man was arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly driving under the influence after his car left Green Street Road near Bell Club Road and struck a power pole. Marion County Sh...
Jan 01, 2022
Odin Firemen say structure fire turned out to be a controlled burn from torn down shed
Odin Firemen were called out early Saturday morning to a report of a structure fire. It turned out to be the remains of a 10 by 10-foot shed that had been torn down being set on fire. The fire was on ...
Jan 01, 2022
Illinois woman in custody in killing of cop, wounding of 2nd
BRADLEY, Ill. (AP) - Police say a woman wanted in the fatal shooting of one police officer and the wounding of another at a northern Illinois hotel surrendered to police hours after a man also suspect...
Jan 01, 2022 Darius Sullivan and Xandria Harris (State Police)
Mobile home set to be torn down destroyed in fire near Walnut Hill
Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says a mobile home scheduled to be torn down was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon. Boshera says the property at 21977 North Krupp Lane had jus...
Dec 31, 2021 Fire engulfs a vacant mobile home scheduled to be torn down on Krupp Road in rural Walnut Hill on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Illinois COVID cases top 30,000 in new state daily record
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois has 30,386 new COVID-19 cases diagnosed statewide. The figure that public health officials announced Thursday smashed by more than 9,000 the previous state record for new cases...
Dec 31, 2021
