Category Archives: Local News
Inmates leaving gangs, stripping tats for jobs, better lives
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A novel gang-cessation and jobs program at a Chicago-area jail is giving inmates a chance to escape their gang lives. They're also able to take advantage of a greater willingness ...
Mar 04, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
2 Chicago officers wounded in shooting, suspect caught
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say two Chicago police officers have been wounded in a shooting on the city's west side and the suspected gunman was captured nearby. Police say the officers were shot early...
Mar 04, 2022 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Kaine, with long COVID himself, introduces research bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly two years after getting COVID-19, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he still has mild symptoms. The Washington Post reports that's why Kaine joined fellow Democratic senators Edwar...
Mar 04, 2022
Centralia Police investigate two stolen vehicles
Centralia Police have asked the Illinois State Police Crime Scene Investigations unit to comb two stolen vehicles that were later recovered to try and determine who may have been involved in their the...
Mar 03, 2022
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies make drug and weapons arrest following traffic stop
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has made a drug and weapons arrest after a vehicle was stopped for speeding on Route 161 near Medlin Road west of Centralia. 18-year-old Branson McCray of Cormic...
Mar 03, 2022
Police Beat for Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 26-year-old Matthew Woods of North Maple in Centralia on an outstanding failure to appear in court warrant for unlawful possession of a credit card. Bond is s...
Mar 03, 2022
Central City eighth grade student advances to MATHCOUNTS state final
A Central City eighth grade student has advanced to the state finals of the MATHCOUNTS competition on Friday. Aurora Amason was one of only 178 students of 1,053 participants to advance from the local...
Mar 03, 2022
Wamac woman sentenced after being unsuccessfully discharged from drug court
A 38-year-old Wamac woman has been sentenced to two years probation after being discharged unsuccessfully from the Marion County Drug Court program. Lori Yarbrough of Mitchell Street was ordered as pa...
Mar 03, 2022
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese relaxes visitor guidelines
Visitor restrictions at HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese have been updated due to a decline in COVID-19 numbers in the region. Paper, medical-grade masks (non-cloth) are still mandatory in all health...
Mar 02, 2022
One person dies at St. Louis Hospital from rural Iuka crash (updated 5 pm)
One person has died and another was treated at a St. Louis Hospital following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Tonti and Kinmundy Road northwest of Iuka. The Marion County Sheriff's Departme...
Mar 02, 2022
