Category Archives: Local News
Officials apologize to innocent teen charged in shooting
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - The mayor and the interim police chief of a Chicago suburb have apologized to a teenager who was wrongly charged in the shooting of a store clerk even though he was playing in a ...
Feb 26, 2022
Governor lifts state's school mask mandate
Governor JB Pritzker announced early Friday evening the state's school mask mandate would end Monday. The Governor says the change is the result of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Feb 25, 2022
Marion County Health Department announces four more deaths of COVID-19 positive residents
The Marion County Health Department has announced the death of four more COVID-19 positive residents. They include two females in their 70s, one who was vaccinated and one who was not, a female in her...
Feb 25, 2022
Franklin Park 7th grade blood drive soars over its goal despite the weather
The Franklin Park Middle School Seventh Grade Blood Drive on Wednesday collected 93 units of blood. That's well over the goal of 77 and the third-highest amount of blood collected in the 19-year histo...
Feb 25, 2022
Police Beat for Friday, February 25th, 2022
A 36-year-old Salem man has been arrested on two counts of violation of the sex offender registry. Jason Belman of Salem Mobile Home Park was picked up by Salem Police after they learned of his locati...
Feb 25, 2022
Salem High School All Class Reunion set for this Spring
The Salem High School All Class Reunion will happen this spring. The All Class Reunion Committee has announced the event that had to be canceled last year due to COVID has been rescheduled for the wee...
Feb 25, 2022
Fire at Wamac home limited to extension cord
A fire in the basement of a Wamac home Thursday afternoon was confined to an overloaded electrical cord that had burst into flames. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says they were...
Feb 25, 2022 Fire and ambulance personnel gather outside Wamac home where a small fire was quickly extinguished on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Matt Procise.
Centralia High School looks at purchase of more land to install solar power
The Centralia High School Board of Education approved a consulting contract for solar power, as well as moving closer to the acquisition of 20 acres for campus expansion at the regular February meetin...
Feb 25, 2022
Marion County farmers see big production increases in corn and soybeans for 2021
The USDA has released its annual report on corn and soybean yields and production for each Illinois county. Marion County farmers saw a significant jump in yield per acre and overall production compar...
Feb 25, 2022
Sandoval High School Homecoming Coronation is Saturday night
Sandoval High School Student Council picks the theme A Sugary Sweet Homecoming to crown the 61st Queen and 35th King on Saturday, Feb. 26th at 6 pm. Simply because it is "sweet" to have things almost ...
Feb 25, 2022 Retiring King Caden Gore and Queen Isabelle Moore.
