Category Archives: Local News
Police: Boy accidentally shoots, kills mom in Chicago suburb
DOLTON, Ill. (AP) - Police say a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot his mother to death as the family was sitting in their car in a suburban Chicago supermarket parking lot. The woman was shot Saturday ...
Mar 14, 2022 Tom Britt / CC
Centralia City Council to look at eight home demolitions and new liquor license
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to move forward on the demolition of eight more substandard homes if improvements are not made. The Community Development Department is recommendi...
Mar 14, 2022
Shed sustains minimal fire damage in Junction City fire
Sandoval Firemen report minimal damage to a shed that caught fire from a nearby trash pile Sunday afternoon. The fire was at 1214 Madison Street in Junction City. Sandoval Fire Chief Chad Parson says ...
Mar 14, 2022 File photo.
Marion County drops to "moderate" category for COVID-19 cases
The CDC Covid-19 tracker reports Marion County had only 16 new or probable COVID-19 cases during the week ending Saturday. That has allowed the county to drop two levels to a "moderate" rate of infect...
Mar 14, 2022
EPA asks Illinois AG to ensure proper cleanup of oil spill
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Federal officials want Illinois' attorney general to ensure that a pipeline operator conducts a proper cleanup after an estimated 165,000 gallons of crude oil spilled in sout...
Mar 14, 2022 Ped Saunders / CC
Centralia City Council to be asked to pay outgoing city manager $51,346 in severance pay plus other benefits
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve $51,346 in severance pay and other benefits to City Manager Scott Randall as part of a separation agreement that will see Randall resig...
Mar 14, 2022 Centralia City Manager Scott Randall. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
SC Middle School 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
8th Grade Highest Honors: Logan Byers Kaitlyn Crouch Karli Holmes Shyanne LeMay Kinlee Thompson Miranda Yates 8th Grade High Honors: Micah Kraemer Amelia Montes 8th Grade Honors: Braeden Chance Haidyn...
Mar 14, 2022
Despite US law, gun-carry rules bar jail, court retirees
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Marcus Hargrett spent 35 years patrolling the perimeter of the Cook County Jail and arresting troublemakers. Now retired, the 63-year-old Chicago resident believes federal law...
Mar 13, 2022
Demi Lovato completes Illinois State Fair Grandstand lineup
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Grammy Award-nominated singer Demi Lovato is the latest act to join this summer's Illinois State Fair Grandstand lineup. Lovato, who is also an actor, best-selling author and ...
Mar 13, 2022 Katherine Johnson / CC
Illinois State DCI called in to investigate death of 28-year-old Fairfield man
Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 8 has been requested by Fairfield Police to conduct a death investigation. On Saturday, March 12th, at approximately eight am, a 28-year-o...
Mar 13, 2022
