Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Sunday, April 4th, 2021
A 26-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Salem Police for violation of the sex offender registration act. David Lee of Quail Run Road was taken into custody following a traffic stop. He was taken ...
Apr 04, 2021
Two injured in crash on North Broadway at Spillway Road in Salem
Two people were injured Saturday afternoon when an SUV pulled from the Spillway Road in front of a southbound pickup truck on North Broadway in Salem. Salem Police say 79-year-old Eugena White of Bob ...
Apr 04, 2021
Maryville man injured in one-car crash on Route 37 north of Salem
A 58-year-old Maryville man was taken to Salem Township Hospital late Saturday afternoon for treatment of a medical condition following a one-vehicle crash on Route 37 north of the Bason Road north of...
Apr 04, 2021
Clinton County COVID-19 death reported
The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported a COVID-19 related death in Clinton County. The death that appeared on the Saturday update was a female in her 70s. It was the 90th death in Clint...
Apr 03, 2021
Rural Alma man pleads guilty to criminal damage to Salem Little League field
A 33-year-old rural Alma man has entered an Alford plea to a charge of felony criminal damage to property in connection with damage done in January 2020 to the Salem Little League complex on South Col...
Apr 03, 2021
Rural Odin man pleads guilty to three separate felony theft charges
A 36-year-old rural Odin man has pleaded guilty to three separate felony theft charges. Bradin Taylor of Royal Avenue in Odin was placed on two years probation, given credit for time served in jail, a...
Apr 03, 2021
Police Beat for Saturday, April 3rd, 2021
A 33-year-old Kinmundy woman has been arrested on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant in a pending burglary case. Michelle Ratcliff of East 1st remained in the Marion County Jail on Saturday i...
Apr 03, 2021
Marion County Sheriff's Department releases more info on fatal side-by-side crash (updated 9:45 am Saturday)
Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies have released more details on a fatal side-by-side four-wheeler crash on the Brown Church Road at the Lane Road intersection in rural Kinmundy. Preliminary infor...
Apr 02, 2021
14-year-old Geff girl killed in Wayne County traffic crash
A 14-year-old girl from Geff has died in a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Wayne County. State Police say the girl was a passenger in a pickup truck involved in a two-vehicle crash on Enterprise...
Apr 02, 2021
Governor Pritzker among 7 governors to call on Biden to lift $10K cap on tax deductions
Seven Democratic governors including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker are calling on President Joe Biden to lift the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions that was a part of former President Dona...
Apr 02, 2021
