Category Archives: Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Chicago organization's effort to immediately stop the construction of the Obama Presidential Center on the city's South Side. Crain's Chicago Busin...

ALDEN, Mich. (AP) - A medical student from Illinois has swum across one of Michigan's largest inland lakes - twice - to raise money and awareness about diabetes. Marian Cardwell accomplished the 35-mi...

The first Balloon Race of Balloon Fest '21 had to be canceled due to uncertain weather conditions, but the Friday night Glow did go off with a near-normal Friday night crowd in Foundation Park. Four b...

CARLYLE, Ill. (AP) - Clinton County has agreed to pay a nurse $35,000 to settle her lawsuit alleging she was fired for refusing to tell local law enforcement which residents had tested positive for th...

Salem Police arrested two people on felony drug charges following separate incidents on Friday. 41-year-old David Wade of Meadowlane in Salem was arrested for possession of fentanyl after a traffic st...

A 27-year-old homeless Centralia man has been arrested on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant. Jacob Schleuter is being held in lieu of a $25,000 bond. 39-year-old Aida Almodovar of Pullen Str...

The Marion County Health Department has reported three more COVID-19 deaths and 60 new cases on Friday. All three of the deaths were males in their 70s. Two of the deaths were long-term care residents...

Two residents of Brick, New Jersey was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday morning on I-70 at milepost 55 near Mulberry Grove in Fayette County. State Police say preliminary investigative details i...

A vacant Centralia home and garage were destroyed by fire late Friday morning. Centralia Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Ross Boshera says a neighbor first spotted the fire in the garage at 1...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Democrats say the Legislature will return to Springfield to redraw political districts that will be used for legislative elections over the next decade, this time using data fr...