Category Archives: Local News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois state Comptroller Susana Mendoza says last week’s debacle in attempting to fill the House seat vacated by longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan presents a prim...

Centralia Police have arrested two people for residential burglary. 58-year-old Gay Walker of North Lincoln in Centralia and her son, 41-year-old William Procise of Calumet City, were both picked up F...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging without the permission of its ...

CHICAGO (AP) - The hand-picked successor to former House Speaker Michael Madigan has decided not to accept a paycheck for keeping the job for only three days. Former state Rep. Edward Guerra Kodatt on...

CHICAGO (AP) - Three former postal carriers from Chicago are among 11 people indicted following an investigation into the theft of credit cards from the mail. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that federa...

Two people could face drug charges after Centralia Police executed a search warrant on what they are calling a known drug residence at 611 East 7th. Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson says paperwork w...

Centralia Police have arrested a 59-year-old Centralia man for violation of bail bond and on a Marion County felony warrant in a domestic battery case. Lamonte Mitchell was taken to the Marion County ...

Sandoval High School presents "The One Where We Were Quarantined" as the theme for the 60th Homecoming. The 60th queen and the 34th king will be crowned tomorrow at 5 pm in an intimate private, by-inv...

The Selmaville Grade School Board has set eighth-grade promotion and the final day of school. Superintendent Robin Brooks says eighth-grade graduation will be on Thursday evening, May 13th, at seven p...

A 63-year-old Fairfield man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to one of three counts of unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of methamphetamine pending against him. Steven C...