Category Archives: Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man is facing a federal charge of inciting a riot after he allegedly went online last August to urge others to take part in the widespread vandalism of stores and other busine...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been discharged from a rehabilitation center where he spent more than three weeks following an illness and surgery. The 79-year-old founder and president of t...

CHICAGO (AP) - A third man has come forward with sexual abuse allegations against a Chicago priest who has gained widespread acclaim for his activism. The 59-year-old man alleges in an affidavit share...

Centralia City Manager Lowell Crow has announced that he will be retiring effective March 8th after the city council meeting. Mayor Herb Williams confirms Crow has submitted a conditional letter of re...

A 21-year-old Columbus, Ohio man who remains in custody after fleeing a traffic stop on I-57 in January setting off a manhunt now faces two additional counts of aggravated battery. Princeton Glenn is ...

The Marion County Drug Court program has received a $252,853 three year U.S. Department of Justice grant. The Director of Court Services for Marion County Renee Pride says the funding will allow for s...

Two-vehicle crash in front of McDonald’s sends the driver and two passengers in one of the vehicles to the hospital for treatment. Three people were injured Monday night in a two-vehicle crash o...

A 25-year-old rural Kell man was arrested by Centralia Police following a Monday afternoon traffic stop in the 400 block of North Elm on drug charges and a no-bond warrant. Zachary Higgins of Morton L...

The Salem City Council has approved the $2,500 offered by a Kinmundy woman to purchase one of the lots developed from the land where the Salem Armory used to stand. However, the sale to Patricia Blair...

Salem’ retiring public works director was honored at Monday night’s meeting with a plaque of appreciation. Mayor Pro-Tem Nic Farley made the presentation. “In recognition for gratefu...