Category Archives: Local News
New COVID-19 cases drop dramatically except in Jefferson County
For the second week in a row, large declines of new COVID-19 cases have been reported across most of South Central Illinois. In Marion County, there was a 47-percent decline in cases from the prior we...
Feb 07, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC
Police Beat for Monday, February 7th, 2022
Two people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Sunday for alleged domestic battery. 45-year-old Martin Henson of Frost Road in Centralia was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies while 35...
Feb 07, 2022
Mt. Vernon Police arrest Kentucky man wanted for murder; find four missing juveniles unharmed
A fight at a Mt. Vernon gas station Friday night led to the arrest of a 32-year-old Kentucky man wanted for murder and the recovery of four endangered juveniles who were the subject of an Amber Alert....
Feb 06, 2022
Q&A: Road proponents question Pritzker's gas-tax freeze plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' governor wants to provide some relief to pocketbook-pinched consumers. Gas averages $3.60 per gallon and inflation is at its highest rate since 1982. Gov. J.B. Pritz...
Feb 06, 2022 North Dakota
Odin Fire called to rescue dog from roof of home
A successful end to a dog rescue call for the Odin Fire Department. Fire Chief Greg Smith says they were called to the 100 block of West Kirkwood Street where a dog was reported stuck on the roof of t...
Feb 06, 2022
Police Beat for Sunday, February 6th, 2022
A 24-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested on a Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Romy McAlexander of Dover Street was originally taken into custody in Clinton County and transporte...
Feb 06, 2022
Road conditions improve greatly from Friday morning
The Illinois Department of Transportation reports the Interstate highways and major state and US routes across Southern Illinois are clear of ice and snow Saturday morning. If you are traveling north,...
Feb 05, 2022 A busy day of clearing roads the past two days by area street departments, but the snow plows even got stuck at times. Photo by Linda Meyer.
Sangamon County Judge temporarily halts masking and quarantining for many schools, Governor immediately appeals
A Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge has granted a request from Greenville Attorney Thomas DeVore to temporarily halt the Governor's executive order requiring schools to require masking and quarantin...
Feb 05, 2022
Governor to require nursing home and other long term care workers to get COVID vaccine booster
Governor JB Pritzker has signed a new executive order requiring those working in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to get a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 15th. The Governor also ex...
Feb 05, 2022
Police beat for Saturday, February 5th, 2022
Centralia Police arrested a 34-year-old Centralia woman on a Marion County failure to appear warrant in a pending felony criminal trespass to property charge. Angel Peters of South Maple is being held...
Feb 05, 2022
