Category Archives: Local News
Wamac man receives three year prison term on meth and theft charges
A Wamac man has been sentenced to three years in prison for possession of under five grams of meth and felony theft. James Garner of Gilmore Street will have to serve one year of parole when getting o...
Jun 25, 2021
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigating two burglaries and theft
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating two burglaries and a theft complaint. A Sandoval woman reported coming home Thursday morning to find her home in the 300 block of South Oak ente...
Jun 25, 2021
Kinmundy man pleads guilty to reduced charge of violation of bail bond
A 47-year-old Kinmundy man has pleaded guilty to a charge of violation of bail bond in exchange for aggravated battery and domestic battery charges being dropped. Charles Weathersby of South Monroe wa...
Jun 25, 2021
Police Beat for Friday, June 25th, 2021
Centralia Police have arrested a 26-year-old Odin resident for fraudulent practice, forgery, and possession of a controlled substance. Mikayla Rowcliff of DeWolfe Street was taken to the Marion County...
Jun 25, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Unemployment drops across the region
Unemployment dropped across South Central Illinois in May. In Marion County unemployment dropped eight-tenths of a percent to 6.2-percent. That translates into 878 on the unemployment rolls, down 130 ...
Jun 24, 2021 Alachua County / CC
Tractor destroyed by fire southeast of Salem
A tractor being used to bush hog a field off the Peach Tree Road a mile and a half south of US 50 and east of Salem late Thursday morning caught fire and was destroyed. The driver of the tractor Tyler...
Jun 24, 2021
Five area fire departments getting State Fire Marshal grants for equipment
Kell, Salem, Jefferson Fire Protection District, Xenia, Brownstown, and Addieville Fire Departments are all receiving Small Equipment grants from the State Fire Marshal's office. The Office of the Ill...
Jun 24, 2021 ((brian)) / CC
Virginia man sentenced to 3 years in prison in Clinton County Court for involuntary manslaughter
A 59-year-old Marion, Virginia man has been sentenced in Clinton County Court to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. James Pruitt is accused of dumping the body of 46-year-old Charity ...
Jun 24, 2021 Karen Neoh / CC
Sandoval School Board names Nathan Mayberry Junior/Senior High Assistant Principal
The Sandoval School Board has named Nathan Mayberry as its Junior/Senior High Assistant Principal. Mayberry had been serving as the district's physical education, driver education, and health teacher ...
Jun 24, 2021 Sandoval Junior-Senior High School. Photo from District website.
Selmaville School prepares for $85,000 playground update
Selmaville School Superintendent Robin Brooks says an $85,000 improvement project is planned for the school's outdoor playground area this summer. Brooks says all of the work will be done to make it i...
Jun 24, 2021
