Category Archives: Local News

Centralia Police arrest Centralia woman for aggravated domestic battery
A 37-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested for aggravated domestic battery after a 15-year-old family member came to the Centralia Police Station on Friday claiming to have been abused. Celia Hod...
WJBD Staff Nov 05, 2021

Police Beat for Friday, November 5th, 2021
Salem Police have arrested a 38-year-old Faulkville, Alabama man on a no bond Alabama warrant for failure to appear on a burglary case. Police came into contact what Joshua Riddle after he was asked t...
WJBD Staff Nov 05, 2021

Chicago officer charged in death of husband, also an officer
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after her husband, also a Chicago officer was fatally shot this week during a struggle in their home. Thirty-nine...
WJBD Staff Nov 05, 2021

Marion County Highway Department closes portion of Range Road
The Marion County Highway Department has closed the Lost Creek Bridge on Range Road between Meridian and Pope Roads. Marion County Highway Engineer Mike McCormick said the closure was ordered by the I...
WJBD Staff Nov 05, 2021

20 year old Centralia man pleads guilty to three charges in connection with apartment shooting
A 20-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty to three of seven felony charges pending against him in connection with the shooting of two men at an apartment building on West McCord Street in Central...
WJBD Staff Nov 05, 2021 Trevin Hendricks

This is clock change weekend...as time will fall back an hour
Daylight savings time ends this weekend and the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office says it's a good time to check your smoke alarms. The reminder applies to both smoke alarms and carbon monoxide det...
WJBD Staff Nov 05, 2021

Salem man free on bond following multiple arrests faces new charges
A 34-year-old Salem man free on bond on three felony charges and a suspect in multiple burglaries is back in the Marion County Jail on new attempted burglary, possession of a stolen vehicle, and posse...
WJBD Staff Nov 05, 2021

Witnesses: 1st victim threatened Rittenhouse, lunged for gun
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Witnesses at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial say the first man shot on the streets of Kenosha was "hyperaggressive," threatened to kill Rittenhouse and another man who were patrol...
WJBD Staff Nov 05, 2021 Karen Neoh / CC

Metro-East woman charged in August fire deaths of her 5 kids
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A woman has been charged with child endangerment in the August fire deaths of her five young children, who she allegedly left in a southwest Illinois apartment without adul...
WJBD Staff Nov 05, 2021 Joe Gratz

Federal drug charges detailed against three arrested in drug bust last Thursday
Federal court charging documents have provided details on charges against the three arrested during drug busts at their homes in Centralia and Mt. Vernon on October 28th. 31-year-old Ricardo Little of...
WJBD Staff Nov 04, 2021 Daniel Lobo / CC
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