Category Archives: Local News
Emmaleigh Brandon and Bryden Smith crowned SCHS Homecoming King and Queen
The Salem Community High School Homecoming Queen is Emmaleigh Brandon and the King is Bryden Smith. The two were crowned during the halftime festivities of Friday night's football game against Columbi...
Oct 09, 2021 SCHS Homecoming Queen Emmaleigh Brandon and King Bryden Smith
Police Beat for Saturday, October 9th, 2021
State Police arrested a 48-year-old Farina woman on two counts of deceptive practice. Angel Mileur of West Jefferson was taken to the Marion County Jail. 47-year-old Dawn Logan of West 14th in Kinmund...
Oct 09, 2021
First human West Nile Virus death reported in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed the first human West Nile virus-related death in Illinois for 2021. A Will County resident who first became ill in late August and tested positiv...
Oct 09, 2021 dr_relling / CC
Indoor work complete, Old State Capitol reopens to tours
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' Old State Capitol has re-opened to visitors after interior renovations were completed. Exterior work on the dome of the building continues, but indoor plasterwork an...
Oct 09, 2021 Katherine Johnson / CC
Police: 3 wounded in drive-by shooting after Chicago funeral
CHICAGO (AP) - Three people have been wounded in a drive-by shooting after a funeral Friday afternoon in Chicago. Police say the shooting occurred about 5:40 p.m. Friday in the city's West Englewood n...
Oct 09, 2021 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Bulletproof vest protects northern Illinois deputy in chase
MAZON, Ill. (AP) - A bulletproof vest stopped two of the three bullets fired at a northern Illinois deputy during a foot chase. Grundy County Sheriff Ken Briley says the deputy was conducting a traffi...
Oct 09, 2021 John Murphy / CC
Celebrate Centralia planned in downtown Centralia Saturday evening
After a year's absence, Celebrate Centralia returns to the area around the 300 block of East Broadway Saturday night with music, wine, crafts, and food. Centralia Community Development Director Gayla ...
Oct 08, 2021 Centralia Carillon. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Two arrested for concealing death in connection with Nashville man found dead in gasoline tanker
Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of a Nashville, Illinois man found dead in a gasoline tanker truck in June in the small East Central Illinois town of Buckley. 33-year-old Billy...
Oct 08, 2021 Billy T. Roof III of Kankakee and Ryan D. Morrow of Tallula.
Marion County Health Department reports 68 new COVID-19 cases on Friday (updated 8:15 10/9)
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 68 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says ten of the cases are in fully vaccinated persons. Nine of the c...
Oct 08, 2021
Skillet Fork Bridge on Route 161 Extension could fully reopen by end of year
Marion County Highway Engineer Mike McCormick is hoping travel on the Skillet Fork Bridge on the Route 161 extension can return to normal by the end of the year. Deterioration of the bridge was much w...
Oct 08, 2021 Route 161 Extension Bridge over Skillet Fork Creek. Photo by State Police.
