Category Archives: Local News
Federal COVID shot opt-out not as clear as Democrats claim
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly voted last month to amend the Health Care Right of Conscience Act specifically to address the COVID-19 vaccine. They said they wante...
Nov 07, 2021
Secretary of State unveils new web address to combat fraud
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Secretary of State's office has changed its web address to protect against fraud. Secretary of State Jesse White announced last week that the new address is ILSOS...
Nov 07, 2021 Mauricio Apablaza / CC
Active-duty military, vets get free Lincoln museum admission
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Military veterans will be admitted free to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Veterans Day. Featured that day will be a performance by a military band, the...
Nov 07, 2021
Chicago cop in October fatal shooting faced firing in 2016
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer who fatally shot a 61-year-old man inside his Chicago apartment last month had faced termination five years ago related to a drunken off-duty encounter with pol...
Nov 07, 2021
Rural Alma woman injured in single-car wreck
An 82-year-old rural Alma woman was injured in a single-car crash at the Martin Road and Route 37 intersection Friday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Donna Kerley of Oak Grove Road appar...
Nov 06, 2021
Centralia Police arrest two on felony drug charges following traffic stop
Centralia Police arrested two men on felony drug charges following a Friday traffic stop. 42-year-old Mark McClain of South Sycamore and 42-year-old Lawrence Johnson of South Maple in Centralia were b...
Nov 06, 2021 Lawrence Johnson (left) and Mark McClain.
Mt. Vernon man faces three class X felonies following raid on his home
A 32-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been formally charged with three Class X offenses in Jefferson County Court after a search warrant was executed on his home early Thursday morning and drugs and a stol...
Nov 06, 2021
Police Beat for Saturday, November 6th, 2021
A 29-year-old Odin woman was arrested by Centralia Police for felony disorderly conduct. Lacey Linder of Chouteau Avenue was taken into custody after allegedly making a couple of false calls to 911. S...
Nov 06, 2021
People leaving Illinois prisons will get state ID cards
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - All people being released from Illinois prisons will leave detention with a new state ID card under a program expected to be in use in all state prisons by next year. Illinois...
Nov 06, 2021
Rittenhouse attorneys spar over victim depictions
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Attorneys spent the first week of Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial sparring over who provoked whom, with prosecutors portraying Rittenhouse as the aggressor and the defense working...
Nov 06, 2021 gt8073a / CC
