Category Archives: Local News
Class Action lawsuit filed against South Central School District over mandatory masking
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the South Central School District seeking injunctive relief so all 650 students in the district are not required to wear masks unless they are subject to ...
Sep 17, 2021
Centralia man gets five-year prison term on weapons charge
A 40-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to a weapons charge. Bobby Everett of North Sycamore admitted to having possession o...
Sep 16, 2021
Walnut Hill man sentenced to four years in prison
A 25-year-old Walnut Hill man has been sentenced to four years in prison after his probation was revoked in Marion County Court on a 2018 burglary conviction. Jacob Wilson of Medlin Road will also hav...
Sep 16, 2021
Two Shumway residents killed in Effingham County crash
A head-on crash on Illinois Route 33 just east of Effingham has resulted in the death of two Shumway residents. Illinois State Police say 82-year-old Ronald Kyle was traveling westbound on Illinois Ro...
Sep 16, 2021
Centralia Police begins operations out of new Communications Center
The Centralia Police Department is now operating out of their new Communications Center. Police Chief Greg Dodson says the cut-over on Wednesday ends two years of preparation and work to convert the o...
Sep 16, 2021 Dispatch and Records Supervisor Stacey Jolliff at one of the three new dispatch centers at the Centralia Emergency Operating Center in the old city hall building.
Disagreement at Midtown Motel in Centralia leads to injury and arrest
One person was taken to the hospital and another has been arrested in connection with an incident at the Midtown Motel at 402 North Elm Street in Centralia Wednesday night. Centralia Police say the in...
Sep 16, 2021
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigating two residential burglaries
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating two burglary complaints. The sheriff's department was told a mobile home and outbuilding were entered at a residence in the 3,000 block of Hoots...
Sep 16, 2021
Police Beat for Thursday, September 16th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 44-year-old Bloomington man on an outstanding McLean County warrant for failure to appear on a dangerous drugs charge when investigating a trespassing complaint at a west side ...
Sep 16, 2021
Militia leader gets 53 years in Minnesota mosque bombing
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for civi...
Sep 16, 2021 Gustavo Cavalieri Fernandes / CC
Ex-House Speaker settles child sexual abuse payments suit
YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Lawyers say once-powerful former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse have reached a tentative out-of-court settlement over Hastert'...
Sep 16, 2021
