Category Archives: Local News
Illinois police seek 2 in killing of 1 cop, wounding of 2nd
BRADLEY, Ill. (AP) - Authorities are searching for two people believed to have been involved in the fatal shooting of one police officer and wounding of another at a northern Illinois hotel. The Kanka...
Dec 30, 2021
Driver's Service facilities to close as COVID-19 cases spike
Secretary of State Jesse White is announcing that driver's services facilities will be closed for a few weeks because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Secretary of State spokesperson Henry Haupt says...
Dec 30, 2021
Centralia City Council approves four year contract with police command officers
The Centralia City Council met in special session Wednesday night to approve a new contract agreement with one of its three police unions. City Manager Scott Randall says there were four significant c...
Dec 30, 2021
Bond reduced for Salem man being held on two counts of predatory sexual assault
Judge Mark Stedelin has reduced the bond of a 25-year-old Salem man being held in the Marion County Jail on two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Joshua Roedl of South Lincoln St...
Dec 30, 2021 Joshua Roedl
2 men charged in shooting at packed Chicago-area mall
CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago men have been charged in a shooting at a suburban Chicago shopping mall that wounded four bystanders and sent thousands of last-minute Christmas shoppers running for cover l...
Dec 30, 2021 Joe Gratz
Grafton man killed in I-57 crash in Jefferson County
A 73-year-old Grafton man has died in a crash involving a pickup truck and truck-tractor on northbound Interstate 57 south of Mt. Vernon. A State Police preliminary investigation indicates that the tr...
Dec 29, 2021
Three face new felony drug charges in Marion County Court
Three face new felony drug charges in Marion County Court. 34-year-old Walter Williams of Green Road in Iuka had bond set at $5,000 after being charged with possession of under five grams of methamphe...
Dec 29, 2021
Suspect apparently now in custody following reported hostage situation at rural Carlyle home; earlier fatal shooting of Wayne County Deputy
State Police say a 40-year-old Hopkinsville, Kentucky man is in custody for his alleged involvement in a series of crimes on Wednesday including the murder of a Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy, multiple...
Dec 29, 2021 Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Riley.
Washington, IL man faces two counts of aggravated battery to Centralia Police officers and five other charges (updated 9 am 12/30/21)
Bond has been set at $35,000 for a 21-year-old Washington, IL man who has been charged with seven offenses in Marion County Court following a domestic dispute that ended in an altercation with officer...
Dec 29, 2021
State takes over most COVID-19 contact tracing from county health departments
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says the state has taken over COVID-19 contact tracing for all but congregate care facilities. She reports the health department's grant to...
Dec 29, 2021 Anthony Quintano / CC
