Category Archives: Local News
Centralia woman stabbed in drug deal gone bad
A Centralia woman was stabbed Wednesday night in an altercation blamed on a drug deal gone bad. Centralia Police have arrested 29-year-old Rayann Mandrell of Heritage Drive for armed violence, aggrava...
Jan 6, 2022
Icy spot on I-57 bridge apparently causes one-vehicle crash
Salem Fire Protection District Chief Dave Duncan says the driver of a pickup truck had a wild ride Thursday morning after losing control on an icy spot of northbound I-57 at the railroad overpass just...
Jan 6, 2022
Salem Police see drop in crimes against persons and property and uptick in drug arrests and overdoses in 2021
Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds says 2021 was a busy year for the police department with calls increasing nearly 12-percent with dispatchers creating nearly 21,000 incidents for police, fire, and EMS...
Jan 6, 2022 Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds
Centralia man charged with beating step-son with stick and abandoning him pleads guilty to a reduced charge of battery
A 46-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor battery in connection with an incident last December where he was accused of spanking his 11-year-old step-son with a ...
Jan 6, 2022
Salem man charged with failure to register as a sex offender
A 42-year-old Salem man has been charged in Marion County Court with failure to register as a sex offender. Franklin Seals of West Main Street is charged in the offense of not notifying Salem Police h...
Jan 6, 2022
Police Beat for Thursday, December 6th, 2022
Salem Police arrested a 70-year-old Centralia man for felony retail theft, criminal trespass to a residence and on a no bond Clinton County felony warrant on pending felony retail theft and criminal t...
Jan 6, 2022
Illinois House members seek change following death of DCFS worker
Members of the Illinois House say Department of Children and Family Services workers need to be better protected. A few legislators stood up during the first day of the Spring Session Wednesday evenin...
Jan 6, 2022 Matt Turner / CC
Illinois child welfare worker fatally stabbed during visit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A man is facing charges after an Illinois child welfare worker was stabbed to death during a home visit in a town south of Springfield. The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office sa...
Jan 5, 2022 Tom Britt / CC
Pritzker working remotely after contact with infected worker
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will be working remotely through the weekend after he had close contact with a state employee who tested positive for COVID-19. The governor's office said We...
Jan 5, 2022
Metro-East officer shoots, wounds man following disturbance
SOUTH ROXANA, Ill. (AP) - A Metro-East police chief says he's asked state police to investigate an overnight incident in which an officer shot and wounded a man following a disturbance. South Roxana P...
Jan 5, 2022
