Category Archives: Local News
Three separate felony drug arrests made in Marion County
Salem Police say they recovered both heroin and cocaine during a traffic stop on a car driven by a Kankakee woman. Police initially stopped the car driven by Kimberly Miller on West Main Street becaus...
Dec 06, 2020
Police Beat for Sunday, December 6th, 2020
Salem Police arrested a 22-year-old Salem man for domestic battery following an incident involving his girlfriend at his home Saturday night. Police report Alexander Russell of South Lincoln had left ...
Dec 06, 2020
Illinois Republican Party chairman Tim Schneider resigning
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The head of the Illinois Republican Party is stepping down after more than six years. Tim Schneider informed members of the Republican State Central Committee during an online...
Dec 06, 2020
Four more COVID-19 deaths reported in South Central Illinois, State death toll tops 13,000
The death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise rapidly with an additional 208 COVID-related deaths reported in Illinois on Saturday. That brings the total number of deaths in the state since the pande...
Dec 05, 2020
Large tents back up outside emergency rooms of St. Mary's and Good Samaritan Hospitals
A tent to handle overflow COVID-19 patients is back outside SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia. Photo by Pat Hodges. As the number of COVID-19 grows, the large tents that were erected a...
Dec 05, 2020
Illinois Supreme Court reappoints Justice Wharton to Appellate Court at Mt. Vernon
The Illinois Supreme Court has announced that retired Justice Milton Wharton has been unanimously reappointed as an Appellate Court Justice to the 5th District Court headquartered in Mt. Vernon. Justi...
Dec 05, 2020
Police Beat for Saturday, December 5th, 2020
A 21-year-old Salem man has been arrested on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant for aggravated battery with strangulation. Shakeem Johnson was taken to the county jail where he is being held ...
Dec 05, 2020
Former State Senator Sandoval dies of COVID-19 complications
CHICAGO (AP) - Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval, who was facing prison after pleading guilty to political corruption, has died from COVID-19 complications. Attorney Dylan Smith confirmed the death Sa...
Dec 05, 2020
CHICAGO (AP) - A New York-based nonprofit that honors fallen first responders says it has paid the mortgages of homes of three Chicago police officers and two Illinois State Police troopers who were k...
Dec 05, 2020
Tentative agreement reached by striking nursing home workers
CHICAGO (AP) - Striking Chicago-area nursing home workers have reached a tentative contract agreement with Infinity Healthcare Management. Approximately 800 employees of Infinity Healthcare walked off...
Dec 05, 2020
