Category Archives: Local News
Marion County escapes major fire issues during Red Flag warning Saturday
The Salem Fire Protection District handled the largest fire on a Red Flag Saturday but say they were helped by the fire burning towards the road in helping them to extinguish it. The fire was on the D...
Oct 18, 2020
Nonprofit reminds Illinoisans to get help with utility bills
CHICAGO (AP) - A nonprofit is reminding Illinoisans struggling to pay utility bills during the coronavirus pandemic to seek help. The Citizens Utility Board says customers should contact their utility...
Oct 18, 2020
Mental health experts to pair with cops in northern Illinois
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Winnebago County sheriff's deputies and Rockford police officers will pair with mental health experts when responding to emergency psychiatric and suicidal episodes as a new appr...
Oct 18, 2020
Report: Damage from August wind storm in Midwest at $7.5B
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A new report says damage estimates from a rare wind storm that slammed Iowa and some other parts of the Midwest in August are growing. The total is now $7.5 billion. The Nation...
Oct 18, 2020
Baby born after pregnant mom fatally shot dies 4 days later
CHICAGO (AP) - A newborn boy delivered after his mother was fatally shot last week in Chicago has died. Chicago police confirmed Sunday that the baby died a day earlier. He was 4 days old. The baby wa...
Oct 18, 2020
Illinois Department of Public Health reporting three COVID-19 deaths in region
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting three more COVID-19 deaths on Saturday. They include a male in his 50s in Marion County, a male in his 70s in Clinton County, and a male in his 80...
Oct 17, 2020
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigate rural Iuka burglary
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a burglary to a house, garage, and barn in the 7700 block of U.S. 50 east of Iuka. The resident was not certain when the burglary occurred...
Oct 17, 2020
Illinois State, elected officials praise cover crop research
LEXINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State University researchers and administrators joined elected officials in praising what they say is an environmentally friendly and financially beneficial alternative...
Oct 17, 2020
Man charged with sexual assault on remote teaching forum
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say a man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl witnessed in an online forum used for remote teaching on the South Side. Eighteen-year-old Catrell W...
Oct 17, 2020
Free Asian carp meals at 9 locations in Illinois on Saturday
Asian carp are finally ending up where they should be: on the dinner table. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will offer free Asian carp meals at nine locations across the state on Saturday...
Oct 17, 2020