Category Archives: Local News
Center of 'rape email' denies knowledge of alleged coverup
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A former campaign worker for the Illinois governor who is featured in an explosive email that surfaced last year says he has no knowledge of the alleged government criminal co...
Dec 02, 2021 Dan / CC
Sandoval Elementary November Students of the Month
Sandoval Elementary School recognized the Students of the Month for November. The students were chosen because of their outstanding display of cooperation in working as a team, sharing group responsib...
Dec 02, 2021
Marion County Health Department reporting three new deaths from COVID-19 related causes
The Marion County Health Department is reporting three new deaths from COVID-19 related causes from Thanksgiving Day through Wednesday. The deaths included two residents of long-term care centers. One...
Dec 01, 2021
Chicago drops police union lawsuit over vaccine mandate
CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago has dropped its lawsuit against the police union over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on city employees. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday that data shows a growing num...
Dec 01, 2021 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Smollett defense set to cross-examine star state witness
CHICAGO (AP) - Jussie Smollett's legal team will seek to dent the credibility of a star state witness who testified about how he said the former "Empire" actor recruited him and his brother to stage a...
Dec 01, 2021
Marion County Housing Authority Duplex damaged in morning fire in Sandoval
A Marion County Housing Authority Duplex at 413 South Mulberry in Sandoval was damaged in a Wednesday morning fire. Sandoval Fire Protection District officials say the fire was in a unit occupied by T...
Dec 01, 2021 Some of the damage seen from the outside to a Marion County Housing Authority duplex in the aftermath of a Wednesday morning fire.
Man allegedly steals Salem Township Hospital employees phone and strikes RN
Salem Police were called to assist when a Wisconsin man being observed at Salem Township Hospital allegedly ran out of the hospital, stole an employee's phone in the parking lot, and then went back in...
Dec 01, 2021
Centralia Chamber to honor number of businesses at Annual Banquet New Years Eve
The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce will be honoring a number of businesses at the Annual Banquet to be held on New Year's Eve at Castle Ridge. The theme is 'It's About Time!' It is being held i...
Dec 01, 2021
GOP Representative Davis to seek reelection, skips race for governor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Congressman Rodney Davis says he will seek a sixth term in Congress next year. The Republican from Taylorville announced his decision Tuesday. He had toyed with the idea of ch...
Dec 01, 2021
Centralia man held on $100,000 bond after failing to return from furlough
A 56-year-old Centralia man who was allowed out of the Marion County Jail for a medical procedure and didn't return has now been arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to return from furlough....
Dec 01, 2021 Allen Wilson
