Category Archives: Local News
151 COVID-19 cases report in Marion County last week; entire state remains in high category
New COVID-19 cases increased five percent in Marion County for the week ending on Friday. The 151 new cases put the county's positivity rate at 450 per 100,000. That's four and a half times the level ...
Dec 13, 2021
Police Beat for Monday, December 13th, 2021
Three people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Sunday on outstanding traffic warrants. 30-year-old Jacklyn Womac of Cedar Street in Centralia is being held in lieu of a $2,500 bond following h...
Dec 13, 2021
Salem Planning Commission holding public hearing Tuesday night on allowing shipping containers for storage
The Salem Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Tuesday night on allowing shipping containers to be used for storage in all business and industrial zoning districts in the city. The public he...
Dec 13, 2021 AK House Project Media / CC
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigating residential burglary and gun theft
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating the theft of at least 20 guns from a gun safe at a home on Basom Road north of Salem. The door to the home had earlier been damaged and could no...
Dec 13, 2021
Crews search rubble after 6 die at Illinois Amazon facility
EDWARDSVILLE (AP) - Search efforts at an Amazon facility in Illinois where at least six people were killed in a tornado are expected to take several days. But authorities don't expect to find more sur...
Dec 12, 2021 NOAA Photo Library / CC
Kentucky tornado toll in dozens; less than feared at factory
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) - Eight people are confirmed dead at a Kentucky candle factory that was hit by a tornado and another eight remain missing, but dozens more have been accounted for, a company spokesm...
Dec 12, 2021 NOAA Photo Library / CC
Database to record compliance with state prevailing wage law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Taxpayers will be able to ensure that contractors on public works projects are paying lawful wages starting next month. The Illinois Department of Labor will debut an online d...
Dec 12, 2021 Jim Bowen / CC
Settlement with Volkswagen on emissions nets Illinois $3.6-million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials have agreed to a $3.6 million settlement in a lawsuit against Volkswagen Group of America for tampering with vehicle emissions controls. The agreement reach...
Dec 12, 2021 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Six die at Amazon facility near Edwardsville; EF-1 tornado reported in Ramsey area
The National Weather Service says an EF-3 tornado with winds around 160 miles per hour caused the severe damage to the Amazon Warehouse facility between Edwardsville and Pontoon Beach Friday night. Ed...
Dec 12, 2021 Tornado that hit Amazon facility near Edwardsville in December.
EXPLAINER: Was tornado outbreak related to climate change?
WASHINGTON (AP) - Unusually warm temperatures and a storm system moving east linked to the La Nina weather pattern helped create the conditions necessary for the monstrous tornadoes and severe weather...
Dec 12, 2021 Aiko, Thomas & Juliette+Isaac / CC
