Category Archives: Local News
Missouri man charged with murder in death of officer
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Missouri man has been charged with first-degree murder and other counts in the death of an Illinois officer who was killed while trying to stop a car fleeing police. Twenty...
Aug 20, 2021
Police Beat for Friday, August 20th, 2021
A 22-year-old Salem man has been arrested on several weapons charges after a gun was found in his vehicle following a traffic stop in the 500 block of West Main Street Thursday morning. Salem Police t...
Aug 20, 2021
Two injured when motorcycle strikes deer in Centralia
Centralia Police say both the driver and passenger on a motorcycle were injured when the cycle hit a deer on the 500 block of Country Club Road early Thursday morning. Police say both the driver, 54-y...
Aug 20, 2021
Salem Grade School Board keeps masking requirement in place
Story and photo by Bruce Kropp The Salem Grade School Board heard from about a dozen parents at Thursday night's meeting that the masking mandate to be lifted. However, the board took no vote to make ...
Aug 20, 2021 Parent Lane Whisenant expresses his frustration with the Salem Grade School Board in not acting to remove the mandatory masking of students at Thursday night's meeting.
Patoka School Board to wait until next week to decide if they will come back into compliance with state's masking mandate
The Patoka School Board did not reach a decision on Thursday whether to bring the school into compliance with the mask mandate enacted by Governor J.B. Pritzker earlier this month. The board heard pub...
Aug 20, 2021
Over 1,000 jobs to be featured at Centralia Regional Career Expo Friday and Saturday
More than two dozen employers with more than a thousand open jobs will be in attendance at the Centralia Regional Career Expo on Friday and Saturday. The event will also feature information on various...
Aug 20, 2021
Marion County reports 155 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday-Thursday
The Marion County Health Department reports 155 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and Thursday. There were no additional deaths. The department lists 127 of the cases as community spread and 28 as a ...
Aug 19, 2021
SSM Health re-implements visitation restrictions effective Monday
SSM Health in Illinois is once again suspending visits throughout its care sites including Good Samaritan and St. Mary's Hospitals due to an increase in the spread of COVID-19 throughout the community...
Aug 19, 2021
Patoka man escapes serious injury when tractor overturns
Patoka Fire Chief Blake Hyde says a rural Patoka man escaped serious injury when the tractor he was operating slowly turned over while stopped on the side of a field waterway. Hyde says Gary Keister o...
Aug 19, 2021 Evan Delshaw / CC
Police Beat for Thursday, August 19th, 2021
Two people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday on outstanding warrants. 26-year-old Mikayla Rowcliff of DeWolfe Street in Odin is being held in lieu of $15,000 bond on an outstanding M...
Aug 19, 2021
