Category Archives: Local News

Pole barn garage destroyed by fire south of Mt. Vernon
Jefferson Rural Firemen say a fire destroyed a 20 by 40-foot pole barn used as a garage late Monday night. Firemen were called to the Kenneth Badgett home on Illinois Route 37 just south of Mt. Vernon...
News Feb 02, 2021

Police beat for Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
A 35-year-old rural Odin man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies for alleged felony criminal damage to property. Travis Finley of Fairydale Road is accused of causing extensive...
News Feb 02, 2021

Illinois groundhog calls for early spring
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) - The groundhog in the Illinois community where Bill Murray made the critter a movie star has predicted an early spring. Groundhog dignitaries in Woodstock announced Tuesday morni...
News Feb 02, 2021

Chicago schools extend talks with union over in-person class
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools leaders have extended remote learning for two more and called for a "48-hour cooling-off period" amid negotiations with the teachers' union. They’re citing ...
News Feb 02, 2021

Illinois officer fatally shoots suspect after being stabbed
EAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Police say an Illinois police officer fatally shot a 19-year-old man suspected in a domestic violence incident early Tuesday after he stabbed and wounded the officer during a ...
News Feb 02, 2021

RV Park coming to Salem
Salem will soon have a small RV Park. Sam and Becky Phillips of Salem outlined their plans for property behind the Salem Huck’s Store along the east side of North Missouri Avenue at Monday night...
News Feb 02, 2021

Salem says no to additional video gaming
The Salem City Council rejected a request for a liquor license that would have allowed the opening of a new gaming parlor in the former beauty shop next to the new Zone Fitness Center in the Westgate ...
News Feb 02, 2021

Centralia Police investigating burglary broken up in progress
Centralia Police say a resident of Parkview Drive came home just after noon on Sunday to break up a burglary in progress at their home. Police say the resident heard someone inside their home who ran ...
News Feb 01, 2021

Odin home burglary under investigation
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department received a report Sunday afternoon of a residential burglary in Odin. A resident of the 300 block of Perkins Street reported coming home and discovering so...
News Feb 01, 2021

Buoyed by Keystone XL, pipeline opponents want Biden to act
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - After President Joe Biden revoked Keystone XL's presidential permit, opponents of other pipelines are hoping the projects they've been fighting will be next. Environmentalists and A...
News Feb 01, 2021
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