Category Archives: Local News
Man shot outside jail in Chicago had up to 64 bullet wounds
CHICAGO (AP) - Police say a man who was apparently ambushed after being released from the Cook County Jail in Chicago suffered as many as 64 bullet wounds to his head and other parts of his body. A po...
Jul 12, 2021
Centralia City Council to consider adding three more Class "A" liquor licenses
The Centralia City Council Monday night will consider the addition of three new Class "A" liquor licenses, bringing the total to 26 Class "A" licenses in the city. Mayor Bryan Kuder says two of the li...
Jul 12, 2021 Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder.
Tri-County Electric Cooperative Manager warns of 20-25% rate increase if Clean Energy Legislation passes
The Manager of Tri-County Electric Cooperative warned at this weekend's annual meeting that pending Clean Energy legislation at the state or federal level could result in a 20 to 25-percent rate incre...
Jul 12, 2021 Tri-County Electric Cooperative Manager Marcia Scott warns members of the negative impact of moving to all renewable fuels too soon. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Monday, July 12th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 21-year-old Centralia woman for alleged driving under the influence and improper passing on the shoulder after her car ran into a ditch in the 1200 block of West Boone early Su...
Jul 12, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Rain totals continue to mount as storms continue to move across the region
Spotty heavy thunderstorms crossed South Central Illinois again on Sunday morning. The Salem Water Plant received an additional 94-hundreths of an inch of rain to bring the three day total of rain sin...
Jul 12, 2021 Chelsea Gabriel / CC
Wamac mobile receives minor damage from electrical fire
Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says a fire in a wire under a mobile home at 1207 South Brookside in Wamac Sunday morning resulted in minor damage. Boshera reports the occupant, ...
Jul 11, 2021 Centralia Fire Protection District officials work to remove insulation under a mobile home following a wiring problem started a fire Sunday morning. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Last of four Central Illinois jail escapees captured
LEWISTOWN, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in central Illinois say the last of four escapees from the Fulton County Jail last week has been captured. The sheriff's office says Zachary Hart was caught Sunday n...
Jul 11, 2021
SIU researcher studying bobcat, coyote habitat in Illinois
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A Southern Illinois University researcher is tracking coyotes and bobcats to understand the habitats they seek and how they affect them. Nicole Gorman is a graduate zoology stu...
Jul 11, 2021 Nicole Gorman, a graduate student in zoology and research assistant at Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, fits a captured bobcat with a GPS tracking collar. Gorman is studying bobcat and coyote movement in Southern and Central Illinois and their impact on areas where they live. She is focusing on multispecies systems and the spatial behavior of wildlife in the two different environments – one forested and the other agricultural and more influenced by humans. (Photo provided)
Route 66 exhibit opens with Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Visitors to this year's Illinois State Fair will be able to visit one of the nation's more historic highways with the Route 66 Experience. The multiyear project will turn the ...
Jul 11, 2021 Bob Sponge / CC
Contested elections held for two seats on the Tri-County Electric Cooperative Board
There was a contest for two open seats to represent Marion County on the Tri-County Electric Cooperative Board at Saturday's annual meeting. Normally only one representative per county is elected each...
Jul 11, 2021 Tri-County Electric Board candidates. Left to right: Sam Phillips (who is reelected), James Baker (who failed at his two attempts to win a board seat), and Michelle Barbee (who claims a board seat for the first time). Photos by Bruce Kropp.
