Category Archives: Local News

A 24-year-old Taylorville man has been transported back to the Marion County Jail from Christian County where he was arrested on a Marion County misdemeanor warrant for illegal possession of ammunitio...

PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana prosecutors have charged four juveniles from southeastern Illinois with allegedly torturing and poaching more than 20 wild deer in the two states. After an investigation...

A 34-year-old rural Kell man has been arrested by Salem Police for the burglary and criminal damage to the Coaches Corner on West Main Street last month. Salem Police say video from the damaged video ...

Cases of COVID-19 are increasing in Illinois. Over the past week, more than 4400 new and probable cases were reported. That compares to about 2900 the previous week. Speaking at a virtual town hall me...

An 82-year-old Centralia man declined hospital treatment for apparent minor injuries following a two-car crash at McCord and Poplar in downtown Centralia Friday afternoon. Centralia Police say a car d...

At least one vehicle ran into floodwater on Brick Hill Road below Raccoon Lake on Friday and early Saturday morning as one full gate and a second gate was opened to four feet to get rid of excess wate...

Salem Police arrested a 60-year-old Salem man on an outstanding Marion County warrant for burglary. Jeffrey Longden of South Washington was taken to the Marion County Jail where he is being held in li...

The Centralia Planning Commission has cleared the way for three new businesses to operate in the city. Wayne Transfer was successful in getting the Centralia Moose building at 1824 South Poplar rezone...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois football star Bobby Roundtree has died at the age of 23. Roundtree was partially paralyzed by a spinal cord injury he suffered in a swimming accident two years a...

CHICAGO (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union wants the Chicago Police Department to turn over records about a team formed last year to monitor social media. In a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circ...