Category Archives: Local News
Korean War soldier's remains returned to Central Illinois home town
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - The remains of U.S. Army Cpl. Asa E. Vance was brought to his family 70 years after he left Decatur, Illinois, to serve in the Korean War. Niece Alma Andrews was on hand Monday wh...
May 10, 2021 Waikiki Natatorium / CC
Franklin Park Middle School to return to traditional graduation
The Franklin Park Middle School eighth grade promotion will now be a traditional graduation. Principal Tyler Lux says the promotion was originally going to be parade-style like last year due to capaci...
May 10, 2021
The Young Reader Fishing Derby is underway at Bryan-Bennett Library.
From now through July, readers, who are in the second grade and younger, can read books to earn tickets for fishing games. "The early bird gets the worm," comments Program Director Karen Shanafelt. Th...
May 10, 2021
Police Beat for Monday, May 10th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 39-year-old Kinmundy man on a Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Police report Kevin Draper of East 2nd was initially approached as a suspicious person at the Days...
May 10, 2021
U of I offers new camp for high school students with autism
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is offering a new, virtual summer camp for high school students with autism who want to learn more about college life. The free camp will be offered J...
May 10, 2021 Raymond Cunningham / CC
Famed German architect Jahn killed in Illinois bike accident
CHICAGO (AP) - A prominent German architect who designed Chicago's state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington has been killed in a bike accident in Illino...
May 10, 2021 Chad Kainz / CC
Amazon blocked 10 billion listings in counterfeit crackdown
NEW YORK (AP) - For years Amazon has been under pressure from shoppers, brands, and lawmakers to crack down on counterfeits on its site. Now it's saying it blocked 10 billion suspected phony listings ...
May 10, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Illinois researchers working to save ornate box turtles
FRANKLIN GROVE, Ill. (AP) - A team of Illinois researchers is using dogs to track down a threatened species of turtle. Ornate box turtles once lived in half of Illinois' 102 counties. Researchers beli...
May 10, 2021 Peter Paplanus / CC
Centralia gets new Mayor and two new councilmen Monday night
Centralia gets a new Mayor and two new city council members Monday night. There has been no effort to block the seating of Bryan Kuder who easily won election in April two years after the city council...
May 10, 2021
O'Fallon man arrested after found sleeping inside rural Centralia home
A resident at a home on South Perrine Street Road south of Centralia woke up Sunday morning to find a man she didn't know sleeping on a bed in her home. The Marion County Sheriff's Department was call...
May 10, 2021
