Category Archives: Local News
COVID-19 cases continue to drop across South Central Illinois
Marion County saw a 35-percent drop in new COVID-19 cases for the week ending on Saturday. The Centers for Disease Control is reporting 108 new or likely cases of COVID-19. The rate of infection is 29...
Feb 21, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC
Mascoutah teen escapes serious injury when car overturns north of Sandoval
A 16-year-old female juvenile from Mascoutah declined hospital treatment for any injuries she sustained in a rollover crash on U.S. 51 north of the U.S. 50 interchange north of Sandoval Sunday night. ...
Feb 21, 2022
Police Beat for Monday, February 21st, 2021
A 60-year-old Patoka woman was taken to the Marion County Jail on Sunday for violation of an order of protection. Judy Hill of West Bond Street was arrested by sheriff's deputies. 36-year-old James Ta...
Feb 21, 2022
Lawsuit claims rats, bugs endanger Illinois prison detainees
CHICAGO (AP) - A lawsuit filed this month alleged that prisoners at an Illinois Department of Corrections facility deal with rodents, insects, and other unsanitary conditions in cells, bathrooms, and ...
Feb 21, 2022 photographymontreal
Apartment building fire spreads, destroys Chicago brewery
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago brewery has been destroyed by a dramatic early morning blaze that fire officials believe started in a nearby apartment building. The Twisted Hippo partially collapsed due to t...
Feb 21, 2022
Two injured in two vehicle crash at West Main and Kinney Boulevard
Two Salem residents were taken to the hospital for treatment following a two-vehicle crash early Sunday night on West Main at Kinney Boulevard. Salem Police say a pickup truck driven by 65-year-old Ke...
Feb 21, 2022
Four refused hospital treatment following Friday night crash at West Main and Delmar in Salem
Salem Police say all four persons in the two vehicles involved in a rear end crash on West Main at Delmar Avenue escaped serious injury on Friday night. Police reports indicate a car driven by 53-year...
Feb 21, 2022
Salem Firemen answer two fire calls on Sunday
Salem Firemen responded to two fire calls on Sunday. Firemen were called to southbound I-57 at the 120-mile marker four miles north of the Salem exit to a natural cover fire at 10:24 Sunday morning. T...
Feb 21, 2022
President's Day to close most government offices; trash pickup remains on schedule in Salem and Centralia
Monday is the President's Day Holiday which means many federal, state, county, and local government offices and schools will be closed. The closures include Salem and Centralia City Halls, but garbage...
Feb 20, 2022
Red Cross hoping for good turnout at Blood Drives this week to help critical shortage
The Red Cross has fallen even more behind on blood supplies as a result of the recent winter weather that has now canceled over 500 blood drives since the beginning of the year. That's made the shorta...
Feb 20, 2022
