Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Department of Revenue launches new website
The Illinois Department of Revenue is launching a new website. Department spokesperson Maura Kownacki says the site has been modernized and features intuitive drop down menus, a virtual assistant to h...
Oct 01, 2021
16-year-old Patoka girl injured in one vehicle crash
A 16-year-old Patoka juvenile girl received apparent minor injuries in a single vehicle crash in the 7300 block of McNichol Road south east of Patoka Thursday afternoon. The Marion County Sheriff's De...
Oct 01, 2021
State Police Director says progress continues on reducing FOID card backlog
The Illinois State Police continues to reduce the FOID Card backlog. Even after a major increase in FOID and concealed carry applications over the past year, ISP Director Brendan Kelly says they have ...
Oct 01, 2021
Bond set at $25,000 for Centralia man charged with burglary
Bond was set at $25,000 for a 31-year-old Centralia man formally charged in Marion County Court on Thursday with burglary. Zachary Hanks of North Broadway was the fourth to be charged in connection wi...
Oct 01, 2021
Powerball Jackpot reaches $620-million to single winner Saturday night
The jackpot for Saturday night's Powerball drawing has grown to $620 million and players across Illinois are lining up at Lottery machines for a chance to strike it rich. If won, it will be the sixth ...
Oct 01, 2021 Travis Wise / CC
Police Beat for Friday, October 1st, 2021
The Marion County Sheriff's Department arrested a 48-year-old Sandoval man for driving on a suspended license. Ryan Koehler of U.S. 51 was taken to the Marion County Jail where he posted bond and was ...
Oct 01, 2021
Final two days for Smithsonian's Voices and Votes at Bryan Bennett Library
If you haven't seen the Smithsonian Institutes Voices and Votes exhibit at the Bryan-Bennett Library in Salem time is quickly running out. The display along with the companion Illinois Freedom Project...
Oct 01, 2021 One of the interactive panels of the Voices and Votes display at the Bryan Bennett Library. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Hastert settlement with accuser finalized; no details public
YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A judge has finalized an out-of-court settlement between former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of sexually abusing him. In a one-page order issued W...
Oct 01, 2021
More police to patrol Chicago freeways as shootings increase
CHICAGO (AP) - State police will add patrols to Chicago-area freeways with troopers from elsewhere in Illinois due to a rising number of shootings involving motorists. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Th...
Oct 01, 2021
SSM Health increases minimum wage to $15 an hour
SSM Health has announced it will implement a new minimum wage of $15.00 per hour throughout its four-state system effective October 10th. The President and CEO of SSM Health Laura Kaiser says their mi...
Sep 30, 2021
