Category Archives: Local News

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Racing at Arlington Park is on the brink of ending after a run of almost a century. The venerable thoroughbred horse racing track sits on a 326-acre plot of land outside...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats season came to an end with an 11-2 loss to Carmi-White County at the Flora Regional. Mya Russell had both RBI for the Lady Bobcats as their season ends at 11-8. Carmi wi...

Governor JB Pritzker is reacting to lawsuits to try and block his masking and vaccine mandates. All healthcare workers, college students and staff and pre-k through high school staff should have recei...

A 28-year-old Sandoval man was arrested for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and no drivers license after his vehicle crashed into a ditch on Zion Hill Road in rural Centralia. The Marion ...

The Selmaville School Board finished the last fiscal year with a perfect 4.0 score on the State Board of Education Financial Recognition last. Superintendent Robin Brooks says the yearly audit showed ...

A 40-year-old Salem man has entered an Alford plea to a burglary charge in Marion County Court. Eric DeWitt of Robin Road admitted prosecutors had enough evidence, but he still denied guilt, for enter...

The Central City Village Board has named Centralia Police Sergeant Jamie Ramsey as its new chief effective November first. Mayor Ken Buchanan says as part of the two year contract agreement Central Ci...

LISLE, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago Catholic school has reversed course and offered a job to a girls lacrosse coach. Benet Academy in suburban Lisle acknowledged Tuesday that it had withdrawn a head...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson is headed home a month after he was hospitalized for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection and following intensive physical therapy for Parkinson's disease. Jackson s...

CHICAGO (AP) - Officials say dozens of Afghan children have arrived in Chicago as refugees evacuated from Afghanistan during the U.S. withdrawal continue to reach American cities. The unaccompanied Af...