Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Monday, May 10th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 39-year-old Kinmundy man on a Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Police report Kevin Draper of East 2nd was initially approached as a suspicious person at the Days...
May 10, 2021
U of I offers new camp for high school students with autism
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is offering a new, virtual summer camp for high school students with autism who want to learn more about college life. The free camp will be offered J...
May 10, 2021 Raymond Cunningham / CC
Famed German architect Jahn killed in Illinois bike accident
CHICAGO (AP) - A prominent German architect who designed Chicago's state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington has been killed in a bike accident in Illino...
May 10, 2021 Chad Kainz / CC
Amazon blocked 10 billion listings in counterfeit crackdown
NEW YORK (AP) - For years Amazon has been under pressure from shoppers, brands, and lawmakers to crack down on counterfeits on its site. Now it's saying it blocked 10 billion suspected phony listings ...
May 10, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Illinois researchers working to save ornate box turtles
FRANKLIN GROVE, Ill. (AP) - A team of Illinois researchers is using dogs to track down a threatened species of turtle. Ornate box turtles once lived in half of Illinois' 102 counties. Researchers beli...
May 10, 2021 Peter Paplanus / CC
Centralia gets new Mayor and two new councilmen Monday night
Centralia gets a new Mayor and two new city council members Monday night. There has been no effort to block the seating of Bryan Kuder who easily won election in April two years after the city council...
May 10, 2021
O'Fallon man arrested after found sleeping inside rural Centralia home
A resident at a home on South Perrine Street Road south of Centralia woke up Sunday morning to find a man she didn't know sleeping on a bed in her home. The Marion County Sheriff's Department was call...
May 10, 2021
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigates burglary at rural Centralia home
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating a weekend burglary at a rural Centralia home. A resident in the 2900 block of Green Street Road reported the front door of their home entered af...
May 10, 2021
Talent show hosted by CHS Tri-M chapter at Pittenger Memorial Band Shell
Story by Ben Watson, Photos by Pat Hodges (Photo gallery available below) On Friday, Centralia High School's chapter of the Tri-M Music Honor Society hosted a talent show entitled "CTown's Got Talent"...
May 09, 2021
One person hurt in three-vehicle crash on South Broadway and Main in Salem
Salem Police say one person was injured in a three-vehicle chain-reaction crash in the 100 block of South Broadway at the Main Street intersection in downtown Salem early Saturday night. Police report...
May 09, 2021 A SUV driven by Teresa Taylor of Salem crashed into the rear of another SUV setting off a three vehicle crash on South Broadway at Main in downtown Salem early Saturday evening. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
