Category Archives: Local News
Parts of South Central Illinois in marginal zone for severe thunderstorms Sunday night
The National Weather Service says the Southeastern part of South Central Illinois is in the marginal area for severe thunderstorm activity on Sunday night and early Monday morning. South of Mt. Vernon...
Mar 6, 2022
Illinois State Police investigating car-pedestrian accident just north of Salem
Illinois State Police are investigating a car-pedestrian crash on North Broadway quarter-mile south of Tonti Road that occurred at 10:05 Saturday night. The only information currently being released i...
Mar 6, 2022
Grant covers cost of bilingual license for Illinois teachers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A $4 million federal grant program is available to pay for Illinois teachers to earn a state license to teach the English language. The Illinois State Board of Education annou...
Mar 6, 2022 Filip Pticek / CC
Chicago girl shot after celebrating 12th birthday party dies
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say a girl who was shot in the head by a stray bullet after her 12th birthday party has died. Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office say Nyzireya Moore was pro...
Mar 6, 2022
2 charged in killing of Chicago man hanging Christmas lights
CHICAGO (AP) - Two men have been charged with murder and other felonies in the December attacks on 14 people in Chicago, including a man who was beaten to death with a crowbar and baseball bat while h...
Mar 6, 2022 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Officials: 7 dead after tornadoes tore through central Iowa (updated 2:20 pm Sunday)
WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say seven people are dead after tornadoes swept through central Iowa, destroying homes, knocking down trees, and toppling power lines in the deadliest storm in the s...
Mar 6, 2022 NOAA Photo Library / CC
Flashfire injures pastor and Landmark Church in Mt. Vernon heavily damaged (updated 8am Sunday)
The Landmark Church in Mt. Vernon on their Facebook page says their pastor Michael Piercy is receiving good care for the burns he received in the first of two fires that destroyed the church at 1304 N...
Mar 6, 2022
Police Beat for Sunday, March 6th, 2022
A 27-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for violation of bail bond and criminal trespass to state-supported land. Ethan Futhey of Maulding Drive was taken to the Marion Count...
Mar 6, 2022
Police Beat for Saturday, March 5th, 2022
Centralia Police have arrested a 33-year-old Odin man for possession of stolen property. Kirk Johnston of Page Avenue was taken to the Marion County Jail. 25-year-old Dionte Kendrick of North Lincoln ...
Mar 5, 2022
State certifies 1.0 multiplier for Marion County
The Illinois Department of Revenue has issued Marion County a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0. That means the property assessments as earlier figured by Supervisor of Assessments ...
Mar 4, 2022 Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller.
