Category Archives: Local News
Weather service checking if a tornado hit Illinois
MINOOKA, Ill. (AP) - The National Weather Service says it will send experts to Will County to determine if a tornado swept through during a storm. Fierce winds, rain, and hail hit parts of Illinois on...
Sep 8, 2021 Aiko, Thomas & Juliette+Isaac / CC
Salem gets good marks on its audit
The Salem City Council heard Tuesday night that the firm conducting the yearly audit found no concerns. Leslie Gregory of the CPA Firm Fick, Eggemeyer, and Williamson added the city was able to increa...
Sep 8, 2021
Clinton County Sheriff reports one death and six injuries in crash at US50 and Huey Road
Clinton County Sheriff Dan Travous has released further details on a Sunday night crash that killed one person and injured six others at the Huey Road and U.S. 50 intersection. The person who died was...
Sep 7, 2021 Clinton County Sheriff's Department. Photo courtesy of department's Facebook page.
Centralia has new police officer; first via lateral transfer
The Centralia Police Department has a new officer, its first through lateral transfer from another department. John Hinkel who has been a Central City officer the past six years and a paramedic for Li...
Sep 7, 2021 Centralia's newest police officer, John Henkel (left), is sworn in by Centralia City Clerk Kim Enke (right). Henkel's wife, Mary Ann (center) is holding the Bible.
4-year-old among 5 fatal Chicago weekend shootings; 53 hurt
CHICAGO (AP) - A 4-year-old boy has died after he was struck by stray gunfire inside a Chicago home. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office said Mychal Moultry died Sunday night at Comer Children's...
Sep 7, 2021 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Kankakee school loses state recognition over mask policy
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - A Christian school in northeastern Illinois that declined to enforce a mask mandate has lost state recognition but will seek accreditation in other ways. Kankakee Trinity Academy...
Sep 7, 2021 Alan Levine / CC
Police Beat for Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
A 47-year-old Odin man is being held in the Marion County Jail on multiple charges following his arrest by Wamac Police. William Wright of East Chestnut was arrested for possession of methamphetamine,...
Sep 7, 2021
Salem City Council to further discuss reducing deer population and reinstituting employee residency requirement
The Salem City Council will have further discussion Tuesday night on a petition seeking to have the city reduce the deer population within the city limits. City Manager Rex Barbee will present the cou...
Sep 7, 2021
Applications being sought for 50th Annual Little Egypt Festival Parade
Applications for entries to the 50th Annual Little Egypt Festival Parade in Salem are now being accepted. Entry forms are available at the east security entrance desk at the Marion County Courthouse o...
Sep 7, 2021 File Photo: Little Egypt Festival.
Kinmundy Homecoming car show and parade draw crowds
Sunshine brought out the cars for the car show and a crowd for the annual Homecoming Parade in Kinmundy on Labor Day Monday. This was the first year the South Central FFA chapter has taken over the ca...
Sep 6, 2021 South Central FFA members present Tom Brough with the Best of Show award for his 1932 Ford Roadster. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
