Category Archives: Local News
Child setting piece of paper on fire believed to be cause of Centralia fire that caused minor damage
A child setting a piece of paper on fire before placing it in a trash can outside the Tara Turner home at 1219 South Lincoln is believed to have started a small fire in the siding of the home late Sun...
Sep 27, 2021 Asela Jayarathne / CC
Police Beat for Monday, September 27th, 2021
A 22-year-old Central City man has been arrested by Central City Police for domestic battery. Brandon Hooker of South Marion Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. 38-year-old Nathan Harmon of Wa...
Sep 27, 2021
Illinois State Trooper injured when squad is struck on side of I-70 near St. Elmo
An Illinois State trooper was treated and released for non-life-threatening injuries when his squad car was struck while parked on the side of I-70 near St. Elmo assisting a stopped motorist. State Po...
Sep 26, 2021 Damage squad car that was struck by a semi on I-70 near St. Elmo around six Sunday morning.
Investigators probe deadly Amtrak derailment in Montana
JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) - Federal officials sent a team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to the site of an Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana that killed three people ...
Sep 26, 2021 Richard Eriksson / CC
Bullet fired outside hits Chicago paramedic's hat inside ER
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago Fire Department paramedic treating a patient inside a hospital emergency room narrowly escaped serious injury when a bullet shattered a window and struck his hat. Police say t...
Sep 26, 2021 Paulo O / CC
Illinois Public Health Director outlines recommendations for Pfizer booster vaccine
The Illinois Department of Public Health is adopting CDC recommendations for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. The guidelines are out and state public health director Ngozi Ezike offers the details. Ezike ...
Sep 26, 2021
Three injured in crash at Boone and Ohio in Salem
Salem Police say three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at Boone and Ohio Streets during the noon hour on Saturday. Police report an SUV driven by 81-year-old Charlene Haskett of Bob White L...
Sep 26, 2021
Police Beat for Sunday, September 26th, 2021
Wamac Police have arrested a 27-year-old Odin woman for aggravated battery to a police officer. Keila Linder of Chouteau Avenue was taken to the Marion County Jail. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies tr...
Sep 26, 2021
Marion County Health Department reported 33 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday-Friday
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 33 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and Friday. There have been no additional deaths. Of the 33 new cases, five are fully vaccinated. Two are long-ter...
Sep 25, 2021
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrest two on drug charges after investigating suspicious vehicle
An investigation into a suspicious vehicle in the Denny's Restaurant parking lot on the west side of Salem led to two Kentucky residents being arrested on felony drug charges. After the Marion County ...
Sep 25, 2021
