Category Archives: Local News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The hand-picked successor to Democratic former House Speaker Michael Madigan's seat abruptly resigned under pressure from his sponsors, who accused him of unspecified "questio...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - One of two men charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of an Illinois State Police trooper in East St. Louis has changed his not guilty plea. The St. Clair County state's attorney o...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former state senator and gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he illegally spent more than $200,000 in campaign funds on debts...

ULLIN, Ill. (AP) - Police say two men were killed when a pickup truck pulled directly into the path of a train in far southern Illinois. Illinois State Police say the truck's driver had turned Tuesday...

The South Central School Board has set the date for eighth-grade promotion and high school graduation. Superintendent Kerry Herdes says both will be held on Friday, May 21st. Eighth-grade promotion wi...

A 20-year-old Salem woman was taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment of injuries following a single-vehicle crash on the Omega Road south of Cash Road in rural Iuka Tuesday afternoon. Marion C...

Marion County sheriff’s deputies say two juveniles were taken to SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital after the SUV they were driving ran off the Racetrack Road 20 yards from the Bundyville Road...

Two Centralia men are headed to prison after entering guilty pleas in Marion County Court. 28-year-old Charles Felton of South Walnut received a two-year prison term for felony retail theft. Felton ad...

The City of Centralia has a new Assistant City Manager and Economic Development Director. City Manager Lowell Crow has announced the appointment of Derek Sherman of Richview to the position. Sherman c...

A third person has pleaded guilty to robbery in connection with a robbery and stabbing that occurred on the Point on Raccoon Lake on Christmas Eve 2019. 24-year-old Justin Landreth of South Pearl Stre...