Category Archives: Local News
Republicans taking stand against state legislative proposal to allow underage girls to obtain abortions without parental consent
State Senators Jason Plummer and Terri Bryant have joined other Republican Senators in denouncing a plan by Democrats to push through a bill to eliminate the need for underage girls to receive parenta...
Oct 20, 2021 File photo: State Senator Jason Plummer speaks at Reagan Day Dinner in Salem.
21 Chicago cops put on 'no pay status' in vaccine standoff
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown says that 21 officers have been placed on "no pay status" for refusing to comply with the city's order to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination s...
Oct 20, 2021 Jason Lawrence / CC
Those in 30 rooms of Economy Inn in Mt. Vernon displaced by fire that does considerable damage
Considerable damage is reported to the south side of the Economy Inn at 1317 Salem Road in Mt. Vernon from an early Tuesday night fire that displaced those in 30 rooms of the extended stay motel. Mt. ...
Oct 19, 2021
Four new COVID-19 related deaths in region, 59 new cases reported in Marion County
There are four new COVID-19 related deaths in the region. The Fayette County Health Department is reporting three deaths for the week ending on Friday. That brings their total number of COVID-19 relat...
Oct 19, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrest two for burglary
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested two people for burglary to a rural Iuka farmstead. 20-year-old Katlyn Hollinshead of East 5th in Kinmundy and 22-year-old Kelby Firnhaber of Marklan...
Oct 19, 2021
Centralia Police investigating T-Mobile burglary
Centralia Police are investigating a burglary at the T-Mobile store in the Fairview Shopping Center. The burglary was discovered late Sunday morning when employees were opening for the day. Police say...
Oct 19, 2021
Centralia Police arrest two during early morning foot patrols of Fairview Shopping Center
Centralia Police arrested two persons early Tuesday morning when coming into contact with them during a foot patrol at the Fairview Shopping Center. Police say 36-year-old Marshall Garrison Junior of ...
Oct 19, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Irvington Grade School Honor Roll Students 1st Quarter
High Honor Roll 1st Quarter 5th Grade High Honors - Evan Gwin 6th Grade High Honors - Kandi Jarnagin 7th Grade High Honors - Madisyn Jentsch Chauncey Miller 8th Grade High Honors - Benjamin Wan...
Oct 19, 2021
Salem City Council begins discussion on how to use nearly million dollars in federal COVID relief money
The Salem City Council Monday night began a discussion on the best way to use $947,667 in ARPA COVID-19 relief money. Mayor Nic Farley noted while not all the rules have been finalized the city will h...
Oct 19, 2021 Salem City Council discusses how to use nearly $1-million in COVID-19 relief money at Monday night's meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Fall legislative veto session begins Tuesday in Springfield
Lawmakers are due back in Springfield Tuesday for the Fall Veto Session. The legislature is expected to take up newly drawn congressional district maps, as well as a correction to the Clean Energy Bil...
Oct 19, 2021 ThatMakesThree / CC
