Category Archives: Local News
Court-ordered robocalls sent to 'electoral terror' victims in Illinois and other states
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly 30,000 recipients of what a judge described as "electoral terror" robocalls designed to scare people from voting have received new court-ordered calls saying the earlier call ha...
Oct 31, 2020
Central City 1st Quarter Honor Roll
8th Grade High Honors: Hunter Allen Tristan Bierman Mylee Cameron Daven Cook Jayden Cushman Ridge Davis Owen Kuhls Drew Lyons Briley Smythe Sara Starr 8th Grade Honors: Ezra Arenas Arabelle Capes Kenn...
Oct 31, 2020
East Central Illinois Region faces resurgence mitigation beginning Monday
The East Central Illinois Region that includes Fayette, Clay, and Effingham Counties will face additional mitigations beginning Monday as the positivity rate in the region has stayed above eight-perce...
Oct 30, 2020
Two receive minor injuries in three crashes on Selmaville Road
There were three crashes on Selmaville Road southwest of Salem on Thursday resulting in two minor injuries. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 34-year-old Anthony Harden of Howard Street ...
Oct 30, 2020
Three arrested by Sandoval Police for possession of a look-a-like substance
Sandoval Police have arrested three persons around a car at the Laundromat on South Mine Street for possession of a look-a-like substance. The arrest came after the Marion County K9 alerted on the car...
Oct 30, 2020
Centralia home receives $5,000 damage in electrical fire
A Centralia home was damaged in a fire blamed on an electrical fire in a ceiling fan. Centralia City Firemen say the fire was at the Joe Smith home at 126 Oak Park Drive East. The ceiling fan that cau...
Oct 30, 2020
Dog house destroyed by fire in Salem
The Salem Fire Protection District was called early Friday morning to a dog house on fire. The fire was at a home occupied by Charles Easley and owned by Anita Williams. Heat lamps being used in the d...
Oct 30, 2020
Raccoon Grade School honors those responsible for rescuing couple from burning home
Raccoon Grade School Superintendent Misty Mallow (left)congratulates those involved in saving two rural Salem residents from their burning home early this month. Others include (left to right) bus aid...
Oct 30, 2020
17-year-old pleads guilty to charge involving May shooting incident in Centralia
A 17-year-old Centralia man standing trial as an adult has pleaded guilty to one of two charges pending against him in connection with a shooting incident on a northeast side Centralia street in June....
Oct 30, 2020
New positive COVID cases reach daily high
As new cases hit another daily high, state officials and doctors are stressing the seriousness of the current COVID-19 problem in Illinois. The number of new cases in Illinois has grown by 151 percent...
Oct 29, 2020