Category Archives: Local News

State lawmakers will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the current Phase 1-B. Governor JB Pritzker says his office received several calls from legislators concerned about exposure to the v...

Marion County Board Chair Debbie Smith wants to move forward on limited ordinances to deal with repeat violations of dogs running at large as well as to enforce burning of items prohibited by the Envi...

A second person has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of robbery in connection with the Christmas Eve 2019 armed robbery and stabbing of a 25-year-old Central City man. 26-year-old David Sickler of C...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - While this is the first year Illinois gamblers can place bets on the Super Bowl, they won't be able to wager on novelty action, like the length of the National Anthem. The Chi...

An Associated Press investigation has found that scores of Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. had more than $10 billion in cash and other readily available funds when they received at least $1.5 bill...

Salem Police are investigating a burglary to the BCMW Project Bread location in the Orchard Shopping Center. Police report an employee coming to work early Tuesday morning discovered the back door had...

A 22-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for domestic battery and interfering with the reporting of domestic battery. Salem Police took Oslo White of East Saddler into custody after responding to...

CHICAGO (AP) - Civil rights groups and communities of color are watching warily for any moves to expand law enforcement power as federal officials grapple with how to confront the security threat pose...

CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say a 15-year-old girl has become the fifth person to die from a series of shootings last month by a Chicago gunman who was later killed in a suburban police shootout. The C...

ALTON, Ill. (AP) - Investigators say two men whose bodies were found in a fire-damaged southern Illinois home were victims of a double-homicide and the fire was not an accident. Firefighters found the...