Category Archives: Local News

Centralia Police made a drug arrest Sunday night during a traffic stop. 22-year-old Lucas Bone of Community Beach Road in Centralia was arrested on two counts of possession of a controlled substance, ...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating thefts from two vehicles and the theft of license plates from the third. Deputies were told someone broke into a car in the 2200 block of Mills ...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 22-year-old Oslo White of East Saddler in Centralia on Saturday for alleged violation of bail bond. He remains in the Marion County Jail. 35-year-old Jessica ...

MARION, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say five people are in police custody in southern Illinois after a report of gunshots and a car chase that prompted a school hosting a football game to briefly go into ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Specialty license plates promoting Chicago and St. Louis professional sports teams have contributed $13 million to public schools. Secretary of State Jesse White says there ar...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Lawmakers are considering whether to put a statue on state Capitol grounds of Ronald Reagan, the Illinois native who served as the country's 40th president. The Chicago Sun-Ti...

A 40-year-old Fairview Heights woman was killed in an early morning crash in Clay City. State Police identify the victim as Misty Coughlin. A preliminary investigation indicates Coughlin was traveling...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested two men who were allegedly stopped in the process of burglarizing a home in the 2900 block of Green Street Road west of Lakeshore Drive in rural Salem. 21-yea...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies and Salem Police have arrested a 26-year-old rural Odin man on two counts of residential burglary as well as theft and criminal damage to property charges. Salem Polic...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago is poised to embark on a new strategy to attack the gangs that are responsible for much of the gun violence in the city: Sue them to take their belongings. Mayor Lori Lightfoot ...