Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Sunday, September 5th, 2020
Two people remained in the Marion County Jail Sunday after being arrested on outstanding warrants. 30-year-old Rebekka Stewart of Benton was arrested by Central City Police on an outstanding Marion Co...
Sep 5, 2021
Abraham Lincoln Museum digitizing thousands of rare images
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is digitizing nearly 8,000 rare images, including a Lincoln family photo album and a poster that offered a reward for the c...
Sep 5, 2021 Denise Krebs / CC
Two Kentucky residents injured in crash on US 51 at I-64 in Washington County
Two Fairdale, Kentucky residents were injured Friday afternoon when their SUV collided with a semi-truck at the US 51 and Interstate 64 interchange near Richview in Washington County. State Police say...
Sep 4, 2021
Centralia man released on bond after being formally charged with high speed chase
A 41-year-old Centralia man has been released on $1,000 cash bond after being formally charged in Marion County Court Friday with aggravated fleeing and attempting to elude police and driving with a r...
Sep 4, 2021
Two face new possession of methamphetamine charges
Two people face new possession of under five grams of methamphetamine charges. Both 28-year-old Caleb Forby of Macedonia and 38-year-old Princess Leake of South Locust in Centralia were formally charg...
Sep 4, 2021
Police Beat for Saturday, September 4th, 2021
A 42-year-old Sandoval woman is being held in the Marion County Jail for alleged domestic battery, aggravated battery to a police officer, and resisting arrest. Misty Howell of Wyoming Avenue was repo...
Sep 4, 2021
Marion County Health Department reporting one new COVID-19 related death and 22 new cases on Friday
The Marion County Health Department is reporting one new COVID-19 related death and 22 new cases on Friday. Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says the death was a female in her 90s. She w...
Sep 3, 2021
Patoka School quickly comes off probation after mandating inside masking
The State Superintendent of Education Dr. Carmen Ayala quickly removed the Patoka School District from probation after receiving word that the school board Thursday night had changed their Return to L...
Sep 3, 2021
Pritzker extends shot deadline; CTA workers must get shots
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike are giving people in high-risk settings another two weeks to receive an initial dose of the COVID-19...
Sep 3, 2021 CDC / Unsplash
Winnebago County coroner charged with stealing from the dead
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois coroner has been indicted by a grand jury on charges that include stealing more than $14,000 from dead people. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced...
Sep 3, 2021 Jo Naylor / CC
