Category Archives: Local News
Farina man found guilty of five criminal sexual assault charges
A Fayette County jury has found a 41-year-old Farina man guilty of five felony counts of criminal sexual assault. Robert Branham was first arrested on the charges in August of 2020. One of the charges...
Nov 18, 2021 Robert Branham
Centralia man pleads guilty to federal weapons charge
A 35-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge in federal court. Jerry Courtney admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He will face up to ten years in prison and a $...
Nov 18, 2021 Jerry Courtney
Second person charged in connection with oil field break-in
A second person has been charged in Marion County Court in connection with a Sunday burglary and theft of items from a Country Mark oilfield office located off the Selmaville Road southwest of Salem. ...
Nov 18, 2021 Tristan Rankin
Student, 18, fatally stabbed outside Springfield high school
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A coroner has identified a student who was fatally stabbed outside a Springfield high school during an altercation involving three students. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon...
Nov 18, 2021
East St Louis shooting kills man, 25, injures 3 others
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Police say a shooting in suburban St. Louis has left a 25-year-old man dead and injured three other people. The St. Clair County Coroner says Cornelius Eiland of East St. L...
Nov 18, 2021
1 dead, 1 hurt in surging Chicago expressways gun violence
CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois State Police say one person has been killed and another wounded in shootings on Chicago expressways. The agency says the shootings happened early Thursday morning on Inters...
Nov 18, 2021
Director fired after improper law certificate given to donor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A report says the director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board was fired this fall after an investigation found that he improperly issued a law enforc...
Nov 18, 2021 Aaron Friedman / CC
Sandoval Village Board to try and help BP station with EPA issue
Sandoval Mayor Pam Gelsinger told the owners of the BP station at US 50 and 51 she would have village employees assist in trying to find a solution to a flooding problem around the underground gas tan...
Nov 17, 2021 Sandoval's new water tower nears completion. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Missouri man who fired at police in chase that started in Centralia receives 40-year prison term
A 42-year-old St. Clair, Missouri man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for firing at officers during a police chase that began in Centralia and continued to the Coulterville area. Jared Queen ...
Nov 17, 2021
Marion County Health Department reports 44 new cases of COVID-19
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 44 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and Monday and Tuesday. Four of the positive cases were from those fully vaccinated. There were no new deaths...
Nov 17, 2021
