Category Archives: Local News
Chicago schools to shut for 3rd day amid debate with union
CHICAGO (AP) - Classes in Chicago were canceled for a third consecutive day amid an ongoing fight with the teachers union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols. Families in the nati...
Jan 06, 2022 Josh Kalov / CC
2022 Marion County Senior Citizen Homestead Exemption Renewal Forms in the mail
Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller has announced the 2022 senior citizen homestead renewal forms and senior assessment freeze forms were mailed on January 5th. The deadline for return...
Jan 06, 2022 Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller.
Centralia woman stabbed in drug deal gone bad
A Centralia woman was stabbed Wednesday night in an altercation blamed on a drug deal gone bad. Centralia Police have arrested 29-year-old Rayann Mandrell of Heritage Drive for armed violence, aggrava...
Jan 06, 2022
Icy spot on I-57 bridge apparently causes one-vehicle crash
Salem Fire Protection District Chief Dave Duncan says the driver of a pickup truck had a wild ride Thursday morning after losing control on an icy spot of northbound I-57 at the railroad overpass just...
Jan 06, 2022
Salem Police see drop in crimes against persons and property and uptick in drug arrests and overdoses in 2021
Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds says 2021 was a busy year for the police department with calls increasing nearly 12-percent with dispatchers creating nearly 21,000 incidents for police, fire, and EMS...
Jan 06, 2022 Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds
Centralia man charged with beating step-son with stick and abandoning him pleads guilty to a reduced charge of battery
A 46-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor battery in connection with an incident last December where he was accused of spanking his 11-year-old step-son with a ...
Jan 06, 2022
Salem man charged with failure to register as a sex offender
A 42-year-old Salem man has been charged in Marion County Court with failure to register as a sex offender. Franklin Seals of West Main Street is charged in the offense of not notifying Salem Police h...
Jan 06, 2022
Police Beat for Thursday, December 6th, 2022
Salem Police arrested a 70-year-old Centralia man for felony retail theft, criminal trespass to a residence and on a no bond Clinton County felony warrant on pending felony retail theft and criminal t...
Jan 06, 2022
Illinois House members seek change following death of DCFS worker
Members of the Illinois House say Department of Children and Family Services workers need to be better protected. A few legislators stood up during the first day of the Spring Session Wednesday evenin...
Jan 06, 2022 Matt Turner / CC
Illinois child welfare worker fatally stabbed during visit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A man is facing charges after an Illinois child welfare worker was stabbed to death during a home visit in a town south of Springfield. The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office sa...
Jan 05, 2022 Tom Britt / CC
