Category Archives: Local News
Ending cash bail, more rehab part of Pritzker prison plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The governor of Illinois has outlined proposals for improving the criminal justice system. Gov. J.B. Pritzker made the proposals on Tuesday. They stem from a commission headed...
Oct 06, 2020
Madigan probe delayed until after election; GOP objects
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Democratic chairman of an Illinois House committee investigating misconduct by Speaker Michael Madigan has postponed further hearings until after the election. Representat...
Oct 06, 2020
Salem City Council approves WiFi for Bryan Memorial Park
The Salem City Council has approved offering WiFi to visitors of a large part of Bryan Memorial Park. The council Monday night approved a proposal from Wabash Communications to install WiFi hubs on th...
Oct 06, 2020
Salem won't enforce size limitations on political signs
The large political signs that the Salem Code Enforcement Officer expressed concern that has led to resident Brock Waggoner’s challenge to the city’s sign code. Salem City Manager Rex Barb...
Oct 06, 2020
Fire destroys one home and damages a second in Salem early Tuesday morning
Salem firemen with mutual aid assistance from Odin fight a fire at 907 North Shelby early Tuesday morning that spread to the house next door. One home was destroyed and another moderately damaged in t...
Oct 06, 2020
Police Beat for Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
A 24-year-old Sandoval man was arrested by Sandoval Police on Monday for possession of meth and on a Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Scott Austin Junior of Wyoming Street was taken to ...
Oct 06, 2020
Group challenges amendment language of graduated tax plan
CHICAGO (AP) - A group aligned with the Republican Party has filed a lawsuit challenging the language of a proposed Illinois constitutional amendment that creates a graduated-rate income tax. The Illi...
Oct 05, 2020
Another killing means St. Louis ties record homicide rate
ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis has tied its all-time record homicide rate, following a shooting death at a north side bar. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 36-year-old William Edwards of Cahokia, ...
Oct 05, 2020
Odin village and township cleanup begins Wednesday
Odin Township and the Village of Odin have rescheduled the Annual Clean-up. It will be held from Wednesday, Oct 7th though Monday the 12th. Dumpsters will be placed West of the Odin School Student Par...
Oct 05, 2020
Chief Judge of 4th Judicial Circuit to retire
The Chief Judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit and the Effingham County Resident Circuit Judge has announced that she is retiring at the end of the year. Kimberly Koester was first elected to the bench i...
Oct 05, 2020