Category Archives: Local News
Sunday COVID-19 Update: 4,711 new cases and 81 additional deaths
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 4,711 new cases of coronavirus disease on Sunday. Another 81 deaths are also being reported, bringing the death toll since the start of the pandem...
Jan 10, 2021
Sunday morning fire damages Wamac home
A fire at a Wamac home Sunday morning was concentrated above the ceiling and caused considerable damage in two rooms of the home. Photo by Tim Ferguson. Fire caused considerable damage to the living r...
Jan 10, 2021
Ohio man arrested after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop on I-57 south of Salem
A 21-year-old Columbus, Ohio man has been arrested in connection with a Friday night altercation with a State Trooper and then escaping on foot. The incident occurred following a traffic stop on North...
Jan 10, 2021
Police: Man shoots 7 in series of Chicago-area attacks
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say a man killed three people and wounded four others in a series of shootings over roughly four hours that started on Chicago's South Side and ended with his death in a sho...
Jan 10, 2021
Madigan fight for gavel recalls 1975 Illinois speaker vote
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A showdown is looming in the Illinois House that was previously unimaginable. And it could invoke memories of a 93-ballot fight for speaker in 1975. Lawmakers will meet this w...
Jan 10, 2021
Work done on Mississippi River levee's drain damaged in 2013
GRAND TOWER, Ill. (AP) - Officials say dry weather last summer allowed repairs to finally be completed on a Mississippi River levee damaged in 2013 in southwestern Illinois when a drainage pipe failed...
Jan 10, 2021 File photo
Junction City woman arrested after vehicle and foot chase in Centralia
A 36-year-old Junction City woman was arrested on multiple charges after she allegedly fled an attempted Friday night traffic stop first in a vehicle and later on foot. Centralia Police say they initi...
Jan 09, 2021
Indiana man arrested in Sandoval following police chase
A Tell City, Indiana man has been arrested by Sandoval Police following both a Friday night vehicle and foot chase. Sandoval Police first tried to stop Jason Keller after receiving a suspicious vehicl...
Jan 09, 2021
Two arrested following altercation at Crossroads Tavern in Sandoval
Two people were arrested in the aftermath of an altercation at the Crossroads Tavern in Sandoval early Saturday morning. 31-year-old William Pryor of East Broadway in Centralia was arrested by Sandova...
Jan 09, 2021
Police Beat for Saturday, January 9th, 2021
A 31-year-old Sandoval woman has been arrested for aggravated battery to a child. Diann Pitts of South Mulberry was taken into custody after a relative notified police that her child had what appeared...
Jan 09, 2021
