Category Archives: Local News
State Representative Wilhour files suit against House Speaker over removal for not wearing mask
State Representative Blaine Wilhour is suing Illinois House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch over his removal from the Illinois House along with eight other Republican lawmakers for not wearing a mask as...
Feb 20, 2022 State Representative Blaine Wilhour
Centralia man arrested for domestic battery following series of Saturday incidents
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies responded to three complaints about a 32-year-old Centralia man before he was located and taken into custody for alleged domestic battery and no valid driver's license...
Feb 20, 2022
Semi-trailer burns in fire along I-57 south of Salem
A semi-trailer was destroyed in a fire that broke out along the back axle while the truck was traveling southbound on I-57 at mile marker 106 ten miles south of Salem on Saturday afternoon. Kell Fire ...
Feb 20, 2022
Corn growers to vote on increasing checkoff next month
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois corn producers will have a vote on whether to contribute more toward promoting their product. The Illinois Corn Marketing Board has scheduled a referendum on increasi...
Feb 20, 2022
Chicago council to consider gang asset seizure proposal
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago authorities could seize street gang members' property under a proposed ordinance headed for a vote in the full City Council. The council's Public Safety Committee approved Mayor...
Feb 20, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC
Centralia swears in two experienced police officers
The City of Centralia has sworn in two new experienced police officers through the lateral transfer program. They are Roxzen Styninger who has been a Washington County Sheriff's Deputy for the past tw...
Feb 19, 2022 Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson (center) welcomes two new police officers Roxzen Styninger (left) and Mickey Jader (right) to the department after they are sworn in Thursday afternoon.
One person injured in crash on Route 37 near Dix
One person was injured in a single pickup truck crash on Route 37 south of Rileyville Road in rural Dix early Friday night. Jefferson Fire Protection District officials say Christopher Crawford of Boy...
Feb 19, 2022
Centralia man faces felony weapons charge
A 46-year-old Centralia man was charged in Marion County Court on Friday with a felony weapons charge following an early Friday morning traffic stop by Centralia Police. Christopher Taulbee of North H...
Feb 19, 2022
Clinton County man sentenced for attempting to entice and enticing a minor
A 26-year-old Damiansville man has been sentenced to 188 months imprisonment for attempted enticement of a minor and enticement of a minor. Paul Jansen will serve sentences on both charges concurrentl...
Feb 19, 2022
Saturday update: Most flooded roads reopen; roads in parts of Central and North Illinois still snow and ice-covered
While the light covering of snow and ice quickly melted in the sunshine in South Central Illinois on Friday, many roads on Saturday remain mostly to partially covered with ice and snow in the northern...
Feb 19, 2022 File photo of flooding on Brick Hill Road below the Raccoon Lake dam. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
