Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Saturday, June 12th, 2021
A 58-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for aggravated battery to a nurse. Henry Leake of Hickory Ridge Court was taken into custody by Centralia Police who took him to the Marion County Jail. S...
Jun 12, 2021
Body in Marion motel rubble is identified as man missing for months
MARION, Ill. (AP) - A body discovered after the demolition of a landmark motel in southern Illinois has been identified as a man who had been missing since December. Marion police Chief David Fitts sa...
Jun 12, 2021 Nitram242 / CC
Six Flags park in Illinois settling lawsuit over fingerprints for $36-million
GURNEE, Ill. (AP) - Six Flags Great America has settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $36 million over the use of fingerprint scanners at its Illinois theme park. The Chicago Tribune says ...
Jun 12, 2021 Alan Light / CC
Latino group sues to block Democrat-drawn maps in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) - A Latino civil rights organization says in a new federal lawsuit that Illinois Democrats used inadequate data and an opaque process to draw new legislative districts. The Mexican Americ...
Jun 12, 2021 Here's the proposed Legislative District map drawn by Democrats and being criticized by Republicans.
Chicago police officer charged in Capitol insurrection
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer has been charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol and entering a senator's office during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Twenty-nine-year-old Karol Chwiesiuk was arrest...
Jun 12, 2021 Rasmus Zwickson / CC
Southwestern Illinois reopening Monroe County cave system
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A cave system in southern Illinois closed more than a decade ago will reopen to the public this month. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced this week that Il...
Jun 12, 2021 thinkrorbot
Centralia man arrested for delivery of controlled substance following raid on home
A 28-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for delivery of a controlled substance after a search warrant was executed on his home in the 800 block of Martin Luther King Drive Friday morning. Centra...
Jun 11, 2021
String Of Robberies Including In Effingham Leads To Decades In Prison For Nebraska Pair
Two Nebraska men were sentenced this week to lengthy prison terms for committing a series of armed robberies in Effingham and the Metro East in April 2017. 23-year-old Allen McCray and 27-year-old Vic...
Jun 11, 2021
Kinmundy to move forward with camping at old lake; keeps mobile home restrictions the same
The Kinmundy Board of Alderman seated a new member, agreed to start the process for camping to be allowed at the old city lake, and to keep an ordinance in place requiring mobile homes moved into the ...
Jun 11, 2021 Kinmundy City Clerk Cathy Wilkins (left) swears in newly appointed Ward Two Alderman Gina Jenkins (right). Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Mission South Central to host Electronics Recycle Event in Kinmundy
Mission South Central is hosting an Electronics Recycling Event on Saturday in Kinmundy. No longer needed electronic items including newer system LED TV's and computer monitors as well as other small ...
Jun 11, 2021 Brad Montgomery / CC
