Category Archives: Local News
Marion County reports one death and 75 new COVID-19 cases over past 5 days
The Marion County Health Department is reporting one death and 75 new COVID-19 cases from Saturday through Wednesday. The health department reports the death was a female in her 70s. She had not been ...
Jul 28, 2021
Olney woman arrested following high-speed chase
67-year-old Olney woman was arrested following a high-speed chase that ended shortly after she ran over stop sticks set up by Central City Police. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Linda White was ...
Jul 28, 2021
Police Beat for Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
Centralia Police arrested 37-year-old Gerald Murphy of South Oak in Sandoval for violation of an order of protection. Murphy allegedly was at a home within 500 feet of a protected residence. 36-year-o...
Jul 28, 2021
Illinois marijuana licensing on track after lawsuit dropped
CHICAGO (AP) - A Michigan-based cannabis company has ended its challenge of Illinois' plan to authorize new marijuana business. Sozo Illinois Inc.'s decision Tuesday to drop its lawsuit will allow Ill...
Jul 28, 2021 Elsa Olofsson / CC
Lollapalooza to require vaccination card or negative test
CHICAGO (AP) - The hordes of people expected to descend on Chicago's Grant Park for the Lollapalooza music festival this week will be required to show proof that they've been vaccinated for COVID-19 o...
Jul 28, 2021 - EMR - / CC
Three injured in Route 161 crash at Racetrack Road
Three people were injured in a rear-end crash on State Route 161 at Racetrack Road east of Centralia Tuesday night. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a car driven by 23-year-old Breanna Shanafelt o...
Jul 28, 2021
Centralia man gets four years in prison for failure to register as sex offender
A 50-year-old homeless Centralia man has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court on Tuesday to two separate failure to register as a sex offender charges. B...
Jul 28, 2021
17-year-old Salem juvenile injured in Quail Run Road crash
A 17-year-old Salem female juvenile was injured in a pickup truck crash on the Quail Run Road a half mile west of Kinmundy Road in rural Salem late Tuesday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies ...
Jul 28, 2021
New masking recommendations would require indoor mask-wearing to return to most of region
The Illinois Department of Public Health is adopting new masking recommendations from the CDC. State Public Health officials are urging Illinoisans, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask in...
Jul 27, 2021 Raed Mansour / CC
Educators react to new masking recommendations for schools
School officials are reacting to the new guidelines that could result in masks once again being required for all students and faculty. Centralia High School Superintendent Chuck Lane, who is part of a...
Jul 27, 2021 Alan Levine / CC
