Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Fire Department puts out car fire
The Centralia City Fire Department was able to extinguish a small fire in the rear of a mini van parked at the Arron Boyce home in the 200 block of North Walnut Street early Wednesday morning. Firemen...
Jan 19, 2022
Mt. Vernon home destroyed by fire
A Mt. Vernon home has been destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon. Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Kevin Sargent says Carol Ann Smith was not at home at the time the fire was discovered by a neighbor during the no...
Jan 19, 2022
Police Beat for Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
A 25-year-old Round Lake Beach woman was arrested by Wamac Police for possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of meth. Ashley Konroth was taken to the Marion County Jail. 19-year-old Hunter Shil...
Jan 19, 2022
Salem not interested in helping Marion County with dog problems
The Salem City Council agreed with City Manager Rex Barbee and the person in charge of the city's animal pound Stephanie Rakers that they wanted nothing to do with Marion County's dog issues. Barbee t...
Jan 18, 2022 Marliese Streefland / Unsplash
Former area postal employee sentenced for stealing from gift cards
A 31-year-old Belle Rive resident has been sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay restitution to her victims after pleading guilty to a federal charge of theft of mail by a postal service...
Jan 18, 2022 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Homeless Salem man charged with failure to register as sex offender
A 39-year-old homeless Salem man has been charged in Marion County Court with failure to register as a sex offender. Wamac Police arrested Michael Talley as a person of interest for Salem Police when ...
Jan 18, 2022
Centralia man charged with aggravated domestic battery after victim injured following altercation
Bond was set at $5,000 for a 49-year-old Centralia man charged with aggravated domestic battery to a former girlfriend. Kurt Dunbar of South Sycamore was arrested by Centralia Police on Tuesday after ...
Jan 18, 2022
Illinois State Police investigate officer-involved fatal shooting in Wood River
The Wood River Police Department has requested Illinois State Police Zone Six Major Crimes Unit investigate a fatal officer involving shooting in Wood River early Tuesday morning. Both Wood River and ...
Jan 18, 2022
Odin Firemen answered 287 calls in 2021
The Odin Fire Department answered 287 calls in 2021. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the bulk of the calls, 219, were for emergency medical service as the department served as the first responder to m...
Jan 18, 2022
Fire call to Rome Meadows turns out to be smoke scare
What was feared to be a fire at the Rome Meadows complex on Route 37 south of Dix Monday evening turned out to be an overheated dryer in the fourth-floor laundry room. Jefferson Fire Protection Distri...
Jan 18, 2022
