Category Archives: Local News
Vandals try to pull down Chicago park's McKinley statue
CHICAGO (AP) - Police say vandals tried to topple a Chicago park's statue of President William McKinley overnight using a rope tethered to a car. The attempt to pull down the statue at McKinley Park o...
Nov 25, 2020
State Police plan extra patrols over long holiday weekend
The Illinois State Police are boosting patrols for the holiday weekend. While the State Police encourages folks to stay home this Thanksgiving, saturated patrols will be out there says trooper Mindy C...
Nov 25, 2020
Adopters and Shoppers needed for BCMW-WJBD/WSIQ Adopt a Family Program
As with almost anything this year, the Social Service Agency BCMW and WJBD-WSIQ Adopt a Family program is facing some special challenges with COVID-19. So far 80 of the 211 families have been adopted ...
Nov 25, 2020
Digi-Tickets go live after two years of planning
Traffic tickets in Marion County can now be delivered to the Circuit Clerk’s office digitally directly from the squad car. Circuit Clerk Ronda Yates says Central City became the first police dep...
Nov 25, 2020
Salem man arrested on outstanding felony warrant
A 31-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Salem Police on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant. Jerrad Middleton of England Road is wanted for failure to appear on a criminal trespass to an ...
Nov 25, 2020
Drive Through COVID-19 testing to be available in Salem next week
The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Marion County Health Department has announced a community drive-through testing site will be available at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Salem next w...
Nov 24, 2020
Salem Township Hospital implements no visitors policy
Salem Township Hospital is implementing a NO VISITORS policy effective Wednesday. In addition to visitors to hospitalized patients, this includes no support person for Emergency, Rural Health Clinic a...
Nov 24, 2020
Illinois: Fraudulent jobless claims soar during pandemic
CHICAGO (AP) - State officials say fraudulent unemployment claims have soared in Illinois as scammers direct jobless benefits to their own accounts at a time when record numbers of residents have soug...
Nov 24, 2020
Centralia Police arrest two on drug charges following separate traffic stops
Centralia Police arrested two people on felony drug charges following separate traffic stops. 25-year-old Zachary Higgins of Morton Road in Kell was arrested for possession of meth, possession with in...
Nov 24, 2020
Stolen donut lands Centralia man in jail for felony retail theft
A 31-year-old Centralia man has been charged with felony retail theft after allegedly leaving the Centralia Huck’s Store with a donut he did not pay for. Centralia Police say Travis Wooters of N...
Nov 24, 2020