Category Archives: Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say a girl who was shot in the head by a stray bullet after her 12th birthday party has died. Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office say Nyzireya Moore was pro...

CHICAGO (AP) - Two men have been charged with murder and other felonies in the December attacks on 14 people in Chicago, including a man who was beaten to death with a crowbar and baseball bat while h...

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say seven people are dead after tornadoes swept through central Iowa, destroying homes, knocking down trees, and toppling power lines in the deadliest storm in the s...

The Landmark Church in Mt. Vernon on their Facebook page says their pastor Michael Piercy is receiving good care for the burns he received in the first of two fires that destroyed the church at 1304 N...

A 27-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for violation of bail bond and criminal trespass to state-supported land. Ethan Futhey of Maulding Drive was taken to the Marion Count...

Centralia Police have arrested a 33-year-old Odin man for possession of stolen property. Kirk Johnston of Page Avenue was taken to the Marion County Jail. 25-year-old Dionte Kendrick of North Lincoln ...

The Illinois Department of Revenue has issued Marion County a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0. That means the property assessments as earlier figured by Supervisor of Assessments ...

The Marion County Health Department is reporting no new COVID-19 related deaths in the week ending Friday. That keeps the county's number of COVID-19 related deaths at 211 since the pandemic began. Th...

A 40-year-old Flora man has been arrested for manufacture/delivery of 3,000 to 5,000 grams of cannabis and possession of a controlled substance after nine pounds of cannabis were seized following the ...

After nine years serving the people of Fayette County as State's Attorney, Republican Joshua Morrison is announcing his intention to seek the office of Resident Circuit Judge for Fayette County replac...