Category Archives: Local News
Seven Marion County area vets set to go on Honor Flight to Washington DC on Tuesday
Seven Marion County area veterans will spend the day in Washington DC on Tuesday during an Honor Flight. They will see the various monuments dedicated to those who served in World War II, Korean, and ...
Sep 27, 2021 Arlington National Cemetery
"Seeds of Hope" sculpture dedicated in Bryan Statue Gardens
The Daffy Dill Garden Club has dedicated a sculpture in the William Jennings Bryan Statue Gardens. Andy Crouch of Salem created the piece "Seeds of Hope" specifically for the gardens. It shows a butte...
Sep 27, 2021 Myron Lloyd (left) presides over the ceremony to unveil the marker dedicating the sculpture made by Andy Crouch (right). His mother Teresa Crouch is in the middle.
Fire heavily damages Centralia home Sunday afternoon
A fire believed to be electrical in nature heavily damaged the attic area of a Centralia home Sunday afternoon. Centralia City Firefighters say the occupants of the home at 617 South Maple smelled a "...
Sep 27, 2021 Fire burns through the attic of this home on South Maple causing heavy damage. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Child setting piece of paper on fire believed to be cause of Centralia fire that caused minor damage
A child setting a piece of paper on fire before placing it in a trash can outside the Tara Turner home at 1219 South Lincoln is believed to have started a small fire in the siding of the home late Sun...
Sep 27, 2021 Asela Jayarathne / CC
Police Beat for Monday, September 27th, 2021
A 22-year-old Central City man has been arrested by Central City Police for domestic battery. Brandon Hooker of South Marion Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. 38-year-old Nathan Harmon of Wa...
Sep 27, 2021
Illinois State Trooper injured when squad is struck on side of I-70 near St. Elmo
An Illinois State trooper was treated and released for non-life-threatening injuries when his squad car was struck while parked on the side of I-70 near St. Elmo assisting a stopped motorist. State Po...
Sep 26, 2021 Damage squad car that was struck by a semi on I-70 near St. Elmo around six Sunday morning.
Investigators probe deadly Amtrak derailment in Montana
JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) - Federal officials sent a team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to the site of an Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana that killed three people ...
Sep 26, 2021 Richard Eriksson / CC
Bullet fired outside hits Chicago paramedic's hat inside ER
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago Fire Department paramedic treating a patient inside a hospital emergency room narrowly escaped serious injury when a bullet shattered a window and struck his hat. Police say t...
Sep 26, 2021 Paulo O / CC
Illinois Public Health Director outlines recommendations for Pfizer booster vaccine
The Illinois Department of Public Health is adopting CDC recommendations for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. The guidelines are out and state public health director Ngozi Ezike offers the details. Ezike ...
Sep 26, 2021
Three injured in crash at Boone and Ohio in Salem
Salem Police say three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at Boone and Ohio Streets during the noon hour on Saturday. Police report an SUV driven by 81-year-old Charlene Haskett of Bob White L...
Sep 26, 2021
