Category Archives: Local News
Court order boosts funding plea as lawmakers build budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Advocates for state-funded services for the developmentally disabled in Illinois are pleased with plans to boost funding by $122 million next year. But a federal court has fou...
Apr 26, 2021
Illinois reports 2,035 new COVID cases, resumes J&J vaccine
Illinois health officials on Sunday reported 2,035 new cases of COVID-19 including 24 new deaths. None of the deaths were in Southern Illinois. The preliminary statewide positivity rate for the past w...
Apr 26, 2021
Prosecutors: Man drove car for 2 shooters in girl's death
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors say a man charged in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl outside a Chicago McDonald's drove up behind a car driven by the girl's father while two other men got out and o...
Apr 26, 2021
IDPH reports COVID-19 related death in Fayette County; Mass Immunization Clinic in Centralia Sunday
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a COVID-19 related death in Fayette County. The death of the male in his 50s is the 55th death reported in Fayette County since the pandemic began...
Apr 25, 2021
Police Beat for Sunday, April 25th, 2021
A 39-year-old Centralia man remained in custody on Sunday after being arrested by Centralia Police on an outstanding failure to appear warrant on a possession of methamphetamine case. Bond for Matthew...
Apr 25, 2021
Good Samaritan fatally stabbed defending teenager, mother
BERWYN, Ill. (AP) - Police say a suburban Chicago man faces a murder charge after fatally stabbing another man who came to the defense of a woman and her daughter during an altercation inside a grocer...
Apr 25, 2021
Murder, other charges filed against man in killing of girl
CHICAGO (AP) - Police say a murder charge and 18 other counts have been filed against a teenager suspected in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old Chicago girl at a McDonald's drive-thru. Police Supt. D...
Apr 25, 2021
Demonstrators urged to 'cause change' in Chicago police
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 100 people seeking changes in how Chicago police serve the city turned out for a protest Saturday. It was another demonstration influenced by the fatal shooting of a 13-year-o...
Apr 25, 2021
One person injured in arson fire at condemned Centralia home
Centralia City Firemen look over the fire scene at 902 South Marion where one person received what is believed to be minor smoke inhalation from a blaze believed to have been set. Photo by Tim Ferguso...
Apr 24, 2021
Pole barn garage converted into home damaged by fire in Sandoval
A pole barn garage that had been converted into a home was damaged by fire early Friday night. Sandoval Fire Chief Chad Parson says no one was at home at the residence at 402 East Perry. Upon arrival,...
Apr 24, 2021 File photo.
