Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Tuesday, July 13th, 2021
Five people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Monday and early Tuesday morning. 33-year-old Michael Lutz of Apple Street in Wamac was arrested by Centralia Police on a Marion County warrant for ...
Jul 13, 2021
ConAgra raising prices to help offset rising costs
ConAgra is cutting its fiscal 2022 outlook due to rising costs, which the food company will try to offset by boosting prices. ConAgra, whose brands include Duncan Hines, Slim Jim and Birds Eye, now fo...
Jul 13, 2021 Nelo Hotsuma / CC
Flash flooding takes out bridge in north central Illinois
SENECA, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say heavy rains and ensuing flash flooding caused a north central Illinois bridge to partially collapse with a truck on it. Police said in the village of Seneca, about ...
Jul 13, 2021 Sergey Kochkarev
DuQuion man charged with shooting at Wamac Police Officer Friday
A 37-year-old DuQuion man is being held in lieu of a $150,000 bond in the Clinton County Jail on a Class X felony charge of aggravated discharge of a firearm at a Wamac Police Officer. Wamac Police Ch...
Jul 12, 2021
Two injured in crash at Red Stripe and Farthing Roads
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say two people were injured in a car minivan crash at the Red Stripe and Farthing Road intersection in rural Odin Saturday afternoon. Reports indicate a car driven by ...
Jul 12, 2021
Man shot outside jail in Chicago had up to 64 bullet wounds
CHICAGO (AP) - Police say a man who was apparently ambushed after being released from the Cook County Jail in Chicago suffered as many as 64 bullet wounds to his head and other parts of his body. A po...
Jul 12, 2021
Centralia City Council to consider adding three more Class "A" liquor licenses
The Centralia City Council Monday night will consider the addition of three new Class "A" liquor licenses, bringing the total to 26 Class "A" licenses in the city. Mayor Bryan Kuder says two of the li...
Jul 12, 2021 Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder.
Tri-County Electric Cooperative Manager warns of 20-25% rate increase if Clean Energy Legislation passes
The Manager of Tri-County Electric Cooperative warned at this weekend's annual meeting that pending Clean Energy legislation at the state or federal level could result in a 20 to 25-percent rate incre...
Jul 12, 2021 Tri-County Electric Cooperative Manager Marcia Scott warns members of the negative impact of moving to all renewable fuels too soon. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Monday, July 12th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 21-year-old Centralia woman for alleged driving under the influence and improper passing on the shoulder after her car ran into a ditch in the 1200 block of West Boone early Su...
Jul 12, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Rain totals continue to mount as storms continue to move across the region
Spotty heavy thunderstorms crossed South Central Illinois again on Sunday morning. The Salem Water Plant received an additional 94-hundreths of an inch of rain to bring the three day total of rain sin...
Jul 12, 2021 Chelsea Gabriel / CC
