Category Archives: Local News
Wamac man arrested for taking figurine from Bell Tower Christmas display
A 24-year-old Wamac man has been arrested for felony theft of a figurine from the Bell Tower Christmas display. Centralia Police say they were able to identify Coleman Ross of Gompers Street as a pers...
Dec 20, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Murphysboro woodworker starts his own board-game business
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - Brandon Byars frowned on the shipping cost from England for a board game he wanted. So he made his own. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that the lifelong woodwork...
Dec 20, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Bensenville officer home 6 weeks after being shot 9 times
ROSELLE, Ill. (AP) - Bensenville police Officer Steve Kotlewski has returned home six weeks after he was shot nine times in the line of duty. ABC-7 in Chicago reports that Kotlewski arrived at his in-...
Dec 20, 2021
One dead, three injured in shooting near St. Louis
BROOKLYN, Ill. (AP) - A St. Louis man is dead and three other men are injured after a shooting in the parking lot of a former nightclub. The shooting happened just after 3 a.m. Sunday in the parking l...
Dec 20, 2021
One person is dead, one escapes uninjured when canoe overturns in pond near Belle Rive
A fishing trip in a canoe turned tragic Sunday afternoon when the boat overturned and one of the two occupants drowned in a remote pond in rural Belle Rive. Jefferson County Fire Protection District o...
Dec 20, 2021 Garden State Hiker / CC
Centralia City Council to consider new four year contracts with firefighters and operating engineers
The Centralia City Council Monday night will consider new four year contract agreements with Operating Engineers Local 399 and the International Association of Firefighters Local #618. City Manager Sc...
Dec 20, 2021
Salem City Council to vote on use of cargo storage containers
The Salem City Council will vote Monday night on a Planning Commission recommendation on where to allow placement of cargo storage containers. Under the proposal, the containers could be placed in the...
Dec 20, 2021 Georgia National Guard / CC
Kitchen fire at Salem home confined to melted air fryer and stove
Salem Firemen were called to a report of a kitchen fire at the Tom and Patrice Elsworth home at 513 North Marion Street in Salem Sunday afternoon. Assistant Fire Chief Jim Cerny says there was no fire...
Dec 19, 2021 A Salem fireman exits house on North Marion after helping to eject smoke and checking the attic for any fire that may have spread from the stove.
Illinois official who pushed to legalize pot leaves post
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A former state senator who pushed to legalize marijuana in Illinois is leaving a top government post to lobby for cannabis legalization elsewhere. Toi Hutchinson became senior...
Dec 19, 2021
Governor signs bill setting up state licensing system for midwives
Governor JB Pritzker is signing a new law that sets up a state licensing system for midwives in Illinois. The governor says reproductive health is not one-size-fits-all, and that expectant mothers des...
Dec 19, 2021
