Category Archives: Local News
Centralia man gets eight year prison term for theft of money from Charter Spectrum office
A 32-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to felony theft from Charter Spectrum. Travis Wooters of Clinmar Street admitted to...
Mar 4, 2022
Illinois Supreme Court won't order sentence in sex assault
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has declined to order a western Illinois judge to impose a sentence in a sexual assault case after he threw out the conviction at the sentencing hearing....
Mar 4, 2022
Airport 'serial stowaway' pleads guilty, gets 3-plus years
CHICAGO (AP) - A 70-year-old woman with a history of slipping past security at airports around the U.S. and sneaking onto flights has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for trespassing ...
Mar 4, 2022
Inmates leaving gangs, stripping tats for jobs, better lives
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A novel gang-cessation and jobs program at a Chicago-area jail is giving inmates a chance to escape their gang lives. They're also able to take advantage of a greater willingness ...
Mar 4, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
2 Chicago officers wounded in shooting, suspect caught
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say two Chicago police officers have been wounded in a shooting on the city's west side and the suspected gunman was captured nearby. Police say the officers were shot early...
Mar 4, 2022 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Kaine, with long COVID himself, introduces research bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly two years after getting COVID-19, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he still has mild symptoms. The Washington Post reports that's why Kaine joined fellow Democratic senators Edwar...
Mar 4, 2022
Centralia Police investigate two stolen vehicles
Centralia Police have asked the Illinois State Police Crime Scene Investigations unit to comb two stolen vehicles that were later recovered to try and determine who may have been involved in their the...
Mar 3, 2022
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies make drug and weapons arrest following traffic stop
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has made a drug and weapons arrest after a vehicle was stopped for speeding on Route 161 near Medlin Road west of Centralia. 18-year-old Branson McCray of Cormic...
Mar 3, 2022
Police Beat for Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 26-year-old Matthew Woods of North Maple in Centralia on an outstanding failure to appear in court warrant for unlawful possession of a credit card. Bond is s...
Mar 3, 2022
Central City eighth grade student advances to MATHCOUNTS state final
A Central City eighth grade student has advanced to the state finals of the MATHCOUNTS competition on Friday. Aurora Amason was one of only 178 students of 1,053 participants to advance from the local...
Mar 3, 2022
