Category Archives: Local News
Ashley woman charged with taking money from Bill's Tax Service
A 21-year-old Ashley woman has been charged in Marion County Court with felony theft of money from Bill's Tax Service in Centralia. Julia Nafziger of South 3rd is accused of taking unauthorized contro...
May 29, 2021
Fitness question raised for Salem man charged with burglary to a vehicle
A question of fitness to stand trial has been raised in the case of a 21-year-old Salem man who has been charged in Marion County Court with burglary. Tony Rybacki of East Locust is accused of enterin...
May 29, 2021
Police Beat for Saturday, May 29th,2021
What started out as a check on a person walking around the Bryan Bennett Library on Friday led to the arrest of a 36-year-old Salem man on a possession of methamphetamine charge. Michael Lyday Junior ...
May 29, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Marion County Sheriff's office investigates separate burglary and theft complaints
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has both a burglary and theft under investigation. The break-in to the shed was a home in the 600 block of Green Street Road east of Central City. A dirt bike wa...
May 29, 2021 DPP Law / CC
Governor gets legislation to revamp sex education
Legislation revamping sex education in Illinois Schools is headed to the Governor's Desk. The measure approved by the Illinois House applies to kindergarten through 12th grade, requiring schools that ...
May 29, 2021 Gary Todd
Salem Family Aquatic Center will open Saturday
Even with the extremely chilly weather, the Salem Family Aquatic Center will open as scheduled on Saturday. Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz says the pool will open for its first general swim a...
May 28, 2021
Centralia Lake receiving Algaecide Treatment
The City of Centralia is taking action early this year to prevent blue-green algae bloom in Centralia Lake. The toxin it produces can cause rashes and make people and pets sick. In an outbreak on the ...
May 28, 2021 NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Five treated on scene for minor injuries following crash in Salem
Salem Police say five people were treated for minor injuries after two vehicles collided at the McMackin and South College Street intersection in Salem on Friday morning. Police report a westbound veh...
May 28, 2021 Two SUVs collided at the McMackin and South College Street intersection in Salem Friday morning.
St. Elmo woman injured in I-70 traffic crash
A 35-year-old St. Elmo woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday night on eastbound I-70 at milepost 65 in Vandalia Township in Fayette County. State Police say Tiffany Winterrowd was travelin...
May 28, 2021 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Madigan's former chief of staff pleads not guilty to perjury
CHICAGO (AP) - The longtime chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has pleaded not guilty to accusations he lied under oath to a federal grand jury investigating a bribery sch...
May 28, 2021 gt8073a / CC
